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Magnetic Ordering in NdS
Author(s) -
Golosovskii I. V.,
Plakhty V. P.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2220560103
Subject(s) - spins , neutron diffraction , magnetic structure , plane (geometry) , condensed matter physics , spin (aerodynamics) , physics , diffraction , spin structure , magnetic field , materials science , antiferromagnetism , optics , magnetization , geometry , quantum mechanics , mathematics , thermodynamics
A neutron diffraction study has been made of powdered NdS samples at 4.2, 27, and 293 °K. A noncollinear magnetic structure with two propagation vectors has been revealed. All spins lying in a {110} plane are collinear and arranged antiferromagnetically. From plane to plane the spin direction rotates by a right angle. The possible and really observed spin configurations are discussed within the, framework of the molecular field method.