Abstract
The magnetic structure of YbPd was determined for a newly synthesized strain-free sample by neutron diffraction techniques. The sinusoidal magnetic structure characterized by an incommensurate wave vector k = (0.080 0 0.32) is observed in the magnetic-ordered phase between T3 = 1.9 K and T4 = 0.5 K, which is composed of the magneticmoment amplitude of 0.3 μB parallel to the a-axis in the tetragonal crystal-structure phase. The modulated magnetic structure is consistent with the previously proposed Yb-ion valence ordered structure appearing below T2 = 105 K, which consists of the periodic arrangement of magnetic and nonmagnetic Yb ions.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 114705 |
Journal | journal of the physical society of japan |
Volume | 87 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy