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- Kalvius, G. M., et al.
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Magnetism of Pd1-xNix alloys near the critical concentration for ferromagnetism
- 2014
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 89:6, s. 064418-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report results of a muon spin rotation and relaxation (mu SR) study of dilute Pd1-xNix alloys, with emphasis on Ni concentrations x = 0.0243 and 0.025. These are close to the critical value x(cr) for the onset of ferromagnetic long-range order (LRO), which is a candidate for a quantum critical point. Additional control data were taken for pure nonmagnetic Pd, and for an alloy where ferromagnetism is well established (x = 0.05). The 2.43 and 2.5 at.% Ni alloys exhibit similar mu SR properties. Both samples are fully magnetic, with average zero-temperature muon local fields < B-loc(T = 0)> = 2.0 and 3.8 mT and Curie temperatures T-C = 1.0 and 2.03 K for 2.43 and 2.5 at.% Ni, respectively. The temperature dependence of < B-loc > suggests ordering of Ni spin clusters rather than isolated spins. Just above T-C, the temperature where LRO vanishes, a two-phase region is found with coexisting separate volume fractions of quasistatic short-range order (SRO) and paramagnetism. The SRO fraction decreases to zero with increasing temperature a few kelvin above T-C. This mixture of SRO and paramagnetism is consistent with the notion of an inhomogeneous alloy with Ni clustering. The measured values of T-C extrapolate to x(cr) = 0.0236 +/- 0.0027. The dynamic muon spin relaxation in the vicinity of T-C differs for the two samples: a relaxation-rate maximum at T-C is observed for x = 0.0243, reminiscent of critical slowing down, whereas for x = 0.025 no dynamic relaxation is observed within the mu SR time window. The data suggest a mean-field-like transition in this alloy.
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- Kalvius, G. M., et al.
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Spin-Lattice Instability in the Chromium Sulfur Spinel Fe0.5Cu0.5Cr2S4
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics. - : IOP Publishing. - 0953-8984 .- 1361-648X. ; 20:25, s. 252204-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Zero field mu SR spectroscopy was applied to a polycrystalline sample of the ferrimagnetic sulfur spinel Fe0.5Cu0.5Cr2S4 between 5 and 315 K. The temperature dependence of the interstitial magnetic field B-mu as well as the transverse and longitudinal relaxation rates were deduced. At around 100 K, the temperature dependence of the interstitial field exhibits a strong deviation from the expected Brillouin-like behavior together with a maximum of the transverse relaxation rate. These features are characteristic for a spin reorientation transition. This instability of the ferrimagnetic spin-lattice has not been reported previously. Fe-57 Mossbauer data from the same sample show no irregularity in the temperature dependence of the Fe hyperfine field which could indicate that the spin reorientation involves primarily the Cr sublattice. Above and below the spin reorientation regime, disorder in the spin-lattice is sizable, but not excessive. At low temperatures, the spins are essentially static, spin dynamics sets in above the reorientation range. The mu SR data are also complemented by new susceptibility and magnetization data taken on similar material.
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- Kalvius, G. M., et al.
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Frustration driven magnetic states of A-site spinels probed by mu SR
- 2010
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Ingår i: European Physical Journal B. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-6028 .- 1434-6036. ; 77:1, s. 87-100
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The normal A-site spinels MnAl2O4, FeAl2O4, CoAl2O4, as well as related mixed (Mn0.5Fe0.5Al2O4) and partially inverted (Fe1.4Al1.6O4) spinels have been studied by mu SR. The magnetic ions are subject to magnetic frustration by competing interactions. In all materials and at all temperatures the mu SR spectra consist of two signals suggesting a bimodal distribution of the fluctuation rates of magnetic moments. A characteristic temperature T (M) is found in each compound, representing either a magnetic phase transition into a long-range ordered state (MnAl2O4, Fe1.4Al1.6O4) or the formation of a spin liquid phase (FeAl2O4, CoAl2O4, Mn0.5Fe0.5Al2O4). The magnetic ground state of MnAl(2)O(4)aEuroEuroshows coexistence of antiferromagnetic and spin liquid phases. In FeAl(2)O(4)aEuroEuroand CoAl(2)O(4)aEuroEurolong-range order is suppressed altogether, the ground state can be characterized as a fast relaxing spin liquid coexisting with a small fraction of paramagnetic spins. The partial replacement of Mn by Fe in Mn(0.5)Fe(0.5)Al(2)O(4)aEuroEuroprevents long-range order and leads to a spin liquid state in the low temperature limit. The partial occupancy of B-sites by magnetic ions in Fe(1.4)Al(1.6)O(4)aEuroEurostrengthens the exchange coupling, allowing the formation of long-range magnetic order at a rather high temperature (similar to 100 K). Magnetic phase diagrams are presented demonstrating that for the studied compounds the magnetic properties are determined by the degree of frustration.
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- Kalvius, G. M., et al.
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Low temperature incommensurately modulated and noncollinear spin structure in FeCr2S4
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics. - : IOP Publishing. - 0953-8984 .- 1361-648X. ; 22:5, s. 052205-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- FeCr2S4 orders magnetically at T-N approximate to 170 K. According to neutron diffraction, the ordered state down to 4.2 K is a simple collinear ferrimagnet maintaining the cubic spinel structure. Later studies, however, claimed trigonal distortions below similar to 60 K coupled to the formation of a spin glass type ground state. To obtain further insight, muon spin rotation/relaxation (mu SR) spectroscopy was carried out between 5 and 200 K together with new Fe-57 Mossbauer measurements. Below similar to 50 K, our data point to the formation of an incommensurately modulated noncollinear spin arrangement like a helical spin structure. Above 50 K, the spectra are compatible with collinear ferrimagnetism, albeit with a substantial spin disorder on the scale of a few lattice constants. These spin lattice distortions become very large at 150 K and the magnetic state is now better characterized as consisting of rapidly fluctuating short-range ordered spins. The Neel transition is of second order, but ill defined, extending over a range of similar to 10 K. The Mossbauer data around 10 K confirm the onset of orbital freezing and are also compatible with the noncollinear order of iron. The absence of a major change in the quadrupole interaction around 50 K renders the distortion of crystal symmetry to be small.
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- Kalvius, G. M., et al.
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Magnetism of frustrated A-site spinels (Mn, Fe, Co)Al2O4
- 2009
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Ingår i: Physica. B, Condensed matter. - : Elsevier BV. - 0921-4526 .- 1873-2135. ; 404:5-7, s. 660-662
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the A-site spinels MAl2O4 (M = Mn, Fe, Co) the A-site sublattice is subjected to strong frustration, putting all three compounds on the verge between long-range and short-range magnetic order. The mu SR spectra of the three compounds show two signals at all temperatures examined and a dramatic change in spectral shape at characteristic temperatures. Above this temperature, one signal (slowly relaxing) is typical for free paramagnetic spins, the other (fast relaxing) for highly correlated paramagnetic spins. For M = Mn the ratio of their intensities is 1:3 independent of temperature and the spectral change occurs around 40 K (T-N from neutron data) where the strongly correlated fraction enters into long-range order and the free paramagnetic fraction into a glassy spin state. For M = Co or Fe, the free paramagnetic fraction increases from similar to 20% to 85% with rising temperature. At the cusp temperatures observed in magnetization (5 or 12 K) the dominating, highly correlated paramagnetic fraction turns into a dynamic short-range ordered magnetic ground state. In all three compounds substantial local spin disorder and persistent spin fluctuations characterize their magnetic ground states, typical features of highly frustrated magnets.
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- Kalvius, G. M., et al.
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Magnetism of the chromium thio-spinels Fe1-xCuxCr2S4 studied using muon spin rotation and relaxation
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics. - : IOP Publishing. - 0953-8984 .- 1361-648X. ; 25:18, s. 186001-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Powder samples of Fe1-xCuxCr2S4 with x = 0, 0.2, 0.5, 0.8 were studied, between 5 and 300 K. The results reveal that for x < 1, the magnetic order in the series is more varied than the simple collinear ferrimagnetic structure traditionally assumed to exist everywhere from the Curie point to T -> 0. In FeCr2S4 several ordered magnetic phases are present, with the ground state likely to have an incommensurate cone-like helical structure. Fe0.8Cu0.2Cr2S4 is the compound for which simple collinear ferrimagnetism is best developed. In Fe0.5Cu0.5Cr2S4 the ferrimagnetic spin structure is not stable, causing spin reorientation around 90 K. In Fe0.2Cu0.8Cr2S4 the ferrimagnetic structure is at low temperatures considerably distorted locally, but with rising temperature this disorder shows a rapid reduction, coupled to increased spin fluctuation rates. In summary, the present data show that the changes induced by the replacement of Fe by Cu have more profound influences on the magnetic properties of the Fe1-xCuxCr2S4 compounds than merely a shift of Curie temperature, saturation magnetization and internal field magnitude.
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- Rasmussen, L. A., et al.
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Surface mass balance, thinning and iceberg production, Columbia Glacier, Alaska, 1948-2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Glaciology. - : International Glaciological Society. - 0022-1430 .- 1727-5652. ; 57:203, s. 431-440
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A mass-balance model using upper-air meteorological data for input was calibrated with surface mass balance measured mainly during 1977-78 at 67 sites on Columbia Glacier, Alaska, between 135 and 2645 m a.s.l. Root-mean-square error, model vs measured, is 1.0 m w.e. a(-1), with r(2) = 0.88. A remarkable result of the analysis was that both precipitation and the factor in the positive degree-day model used to estimate surface ablation were constant with altitude. The model was applied to reconstruct glacier-wide components of surface mass balance over 1948-2007. Surface ablation, 4 km(3) ice eq.a(-1) (ice equivalent), has changed little throughout the period. From 1948 until about 1981, when drastic retreat began, the surface mass balance was positive but changes in glacier geometry were small, so the positive balance was offset by calving, similar to 0.9 km(3) ice eq.a(-)1. During retreat, volume loss of the glacier accounted for 92% of the iceberg production. Calving increased to similar to 4.3 km(3) ice eq.a(-)1 from 1982 to 1995, and after that until 2007 to similar to 8.0 km(3) ice eq.a(-1), which was about twice the loss by surface ablation, whereas prior to retreat it was only about a quarter as much. Calving is calculated as the difference between glacier-wide surface mass balance and geodetically determined volume change.
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