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Specific Heat Anomaly Connected with a High‐Spin–Low‐Spin Transition in Metallic MnAs 1− x P x Crystals
Author(s) -
Krokoszinski H.J.,
Santandrea C.,
Gmelin E.,
Bärner K.
Publication year - 1982
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.2221130118
Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , spin (aerodynamics) , anomaly (physics) , transition metal , materials science , specific heat , metal , electron , physics , chemistry , thermodynamics , metallurgy , quantum mechanics , catalysis , biochemistry
Peaks in the specific heat of ≦ 4 R are observed in metallic conducting MnAs 1– x P x crystals with 0.03 ≦ x ≦ 0.13 above the magnetic ordering temperatures and are attributed to high‐spin–low‐spin transitions. This suggests a strong local character for the spin moments and would contradict spin‐polarized extended d‐electron states.