FERROMAGNETIC ERBIUM STUDIED BY MU-SR

Authors
HARTMANN O LIDSTROM E EKSTROM M WAPPLING R ASCH L KALVIUS GM
Citation
O. Hartmann et al., FERROMAGNETIC ERBIUM STUDIED BY MU-SR, Hyperfine interactions, 104(1-4), 1997, pp. 293-299
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical","Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Hyperfine interactions → ACNP
ISSN journal
03043843
Volume
104
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
293 - 299
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3843(1997)104:1-4<293:FESBM>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The ferromagnetic cone phase of erbium has been studied with mu SR. Tw o precessing muon signals were observed with nearly equal intensities at T approximate to 15 K. At lower temperatures, one of the signals is gradually reduced and disappeared below 5 K. The two observed muon fr equencies and their depolarisation behaviour show that the magnetic st ructure deduced from neutron and X-ray scattering must be modified and that a ''squaring up'' of the structure is likely to occur as the tem perature is lowered.