Lanthanide contraction and magnetism in the heavy rare earth elements

I. D. Hughes (), M. Däne, A. Ernst, W. Hergert, M. Lüders, J. Poulter, J. B. Staunton (), A. Svane, Z. Szotek and W. M. Temmerman
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I. D. Hughes: University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
M. Däne: Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Friedemann-Bach-Platz 6, D-06099 Halle, Germany
A. Ernst: Max Planck Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany
W. Hergert: Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Friedemann-Bach-Platz 6, D-06099 Halle, Germany
M. Lüders: Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, UK
J. Poulter: Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
J. B. Staunton: University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
A. Svane: University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Z. Szotek: Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, UK
W. M. Temmerman: Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, UK

Nature, 2007, vol. 446, issue 7136, 650-653

Abstract: The heavy rare earth elements differ only in their number of 4f electrons, but this subtle difference leads to a wide variety of magnetic structures. This paper rationalizes this diversity of behaviours within a common theoretical framework, in which the magnetic properties of these elements are intimately tied, in two distinct ways, to the lattice parameters describing their otherwise identical crystal structures.

Date: 2007
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