Spin dynamics and freezing in magnetic rare-earth quasicrystals

被引:26
作者
Noakes, DR [1 ]
Kalvius, GM
Wappling, R
Stronach, CE
White, MF
Saito, H
Fukamichi, K
机构
[1] Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Dept Phys, Petersburg, VA 23806 USA
[2] Tech Univ Munich, Phys Dept E15, D-85747 Garching, Germany
[3] Univ Uppsala, Dept Phys, S-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
[4] Tohoku Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Mat Sci, Sendai, Miyagi 98077, Japan
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
4f magnetism; spin-glass freezing; icosahedral;
D O I
10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00888-8
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Muon spin relaxation measurements of RE8Mg42Zn50 (RE = Gd, Tb) quasicrystals have revealed slower spin dynamics and more prompt spin freezing for Tb than Gd, due to "crystalline electric field" splitting in low rare-earth site symmetry. Inhomogeneous spin freezing leads to a low-temperature state with local field distribution characteristic of a concentrated disordered magnet. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
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页码:197 / 202
页数:6
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