HELIFAN - A NEW TYPE OF MAGNETIC-STRUCTURE

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JENSEN, J
MACKINTOSH, AR
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[1] Physics Laboratory, H.C. O/rsted Institute
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2699
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The magnetic phases which have earlier been observed when a magnetic field is applied in the plane of the helical magnetic structure of Ho are identified with structures, intermediate between the helix and the fan, which we call helifans. A number of helifan structures have been calculated by a self-consistent mean-field method, and one of them accounts very well for the observed neutron-diffraction pattern. Different sequences of helifans may, in principle, be produced by varying the magnetic field and temperature, and modifying the exchange by alloying. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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