Real-space approach to the calculation of magnetocrystalline anisotropy in metals

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作者
Beiden, SV [1 ]
Temmerman, WM
Szotek, Z
Gehring, GA
Stocks, GM
Wang, Y
Nicholson, DMC
Shelton, WA
Ebert, H
机构
[1] Univ Sheffield, Dept Phys, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England
[2] SERC, Daresbury Lab, Warrington WA4 4AD, Cheshire, England
[3] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[4] Univ Munich, Inst Phys Chem, D-80333 Munich, Germany
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10.1103/PhysRevB.57.14247
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
We have implemented the fully relativistic and spin-polarized extension of the locally self-consistent multiple-scattering method. We have calculated the spin and orbital magnetic moments and magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of Fe, Ni, and Co in the face-centered-cubic (fcc) and hexagonal-close-packed(hcp) crystal structures. We have obtained fast convergence of these quantities in real space. Moreover, these results compare favorably with the results of conventional k-space methods.
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页码:14247 / 14253
页数:7
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