Electronic structure of DyCo5 and DyCo3B2 compounds

We study the electronic structure of the hexagonal DyCo5 and DyCo3B2 compou nds. The magnetic moments and the band structures were calculated by ab ini tio self-consistent tight binding linear muffin-tin orbital method within t he atomic sphere approximation. These compounds crystallize in a hexagonal structure having the P6/mmm space group. The substitution of cobalt by boro n atoms changes the local environment of remaining Cc atoms and leads to th e decrease in the local magnetic moments as well as in the Curie temperatur e.