TY - JOUR
T1 - Neutron powder diffraction of Tb0.94Gd0.06B2C2
AU - Sasaki, Y.
AU - Mastuoka, E.
AU - Ohoyama, K.
AU - Onodera, H.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Mr. K. Nemoto for the assistance of powder neutron diffraction. This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
PY - 2009/10/15
Y1 - 2009/10/15
N2 - We performed powder neutron diffraction experiments of Tb0.94Gd0.06B2C2 with transition temperatures at TO=14.2 K and TN=20.6 K in order to examine the magnetic structure in phase IV (T<TO) and phase AFM1 (TO<T<TN). The experiments reveal that phase IV has an (1 0 frac(1, 2))-type antiferromagnetic (AFM) structure where the magnetic moments are aligned antiferromagnetically along the tetragonal c-axis, while phase AFM1 has an (1 0 0)-type AFM structure where the magnetic moments are aligned ferromagnetically along the c-axis. These results support our previous proposition that TO is an antiferro-octupolar (AFO) transition temperature.
AB - We performed powder neutron diffraction experiments of Tb0.94Gd0.06B2C2 with transition temperatures at TO=14.2 K and TN=20.6 K in order to examine the magnetic structure in phase IV (T<TO) and phase AFM1 (TO<T<TN). The experiments reveal that phase IV has an (1 0 frac(1, 2))-type antiferromagnetic (AFM) structure where the magnetic moments are aligned antiferromagnetically along the tetragonal c-axis, while phase AFM1 has an (1 0 0)-type AFM structure where the magnetic moments are aligned ferromagnetically along the c-axis. These results support our previous proposition that TO is an antiferro-octupolar (AFO) transition temperature.
KW - Antiferro-octupolar ordering
KW - Antiferromagnetic ordering
KW - Powder neutron diffraction
KW - TbBC
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physb.2009.07.115
DO - 10.1016/j.physb.2009.07.115
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70349131126
VL - 404
SP - 3304
EP - 3305
JO - Physica B: Condensed Matter
JF - Physica B: Condensed Matter
SN - 0921-4526
IS - 19
ER -