THE FORMATION OF LOCALIZED MOMENTS IN DILUTE ALLOYS - A CRITICAL-BEHAVIOR

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STEFANOU, N
PAPANIKOLAOU, N
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[1] Solid State Sect., Athens Univ.
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10.1088/0953-8984/5/31/027
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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The formation of localized moments of impurities in simple-metal hosts is investigated in the case of an Mn solute atom in jellia with continuously varying density. The mean-field critical behaviour of the transition from a spin-polarized to a non-spin-polarized state of the impurity, which is deduced from self-consistent local-spin-density (LSD) functional calculations, is analysed assuming a Landau-type expansion of the energy. This analysis is illustrated and supported by constrained LSD functional calculations.
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