MODEL-FREE POLARIZED NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION STUDY OF AN ACENTRIC CRYSTAL - METAMAGNETIC UCOAL

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PAPOULAR, RJ [1 ]
DELAPALME, A [1 ]
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[1] CENS,LAB LEON BRILLOUIN,CEA,CNRS,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.1486
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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For the first time, a model-free procedure is developed to analyze polarized neutron diffraction data pertaining to acentric crystals. It consists of a two-step process, featuring first an effective flipping ratio and second a linear inverse problem. The latter is solved either by a new generalized inverse Fourier transform or by using maximum entropy. Using metamagnetic UCoAl as a test case, we find the following results: (i) the U and Co(2) moments increase with an applied magnetic field whereas the Co(1) moment remains almost constant; (ii) the U and Co(2) magnetic densities are weakly anisotropic.
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