ORDER PARAMETER OF HOLMIUM IN A MAGNETIC-FIELD

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TARVIN, JA [1 ]
ECKERT, J [1 ]
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[1] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,UPTON,NY 11973
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10.1016/0038-1098(79)90655-0
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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The order parameter of the second order magnetic phase transition in Ho at 131 K has been measured in a magnetic field by neutron diffraction. It was expected that the applied field would change the number of components (n) of the order parameter from four to two. Such a change would be visible in the order parameter exponent β. However, in a field of 40 kOe, β is found to be 0.38 ± 0.02, in agreement with the zero field measurement and with an n = 4 model and in contradiction to an n = 2 model. © 1979.
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