Field-induced magnetic phase transitions and metastable states in Tb3Ni

Gubkin, A. F.
Wu, L. S.
Nikitin, S. E.
Suslov, A. V.
Podlesnyak, A.
Prokhnenko, O.
Prokeš, K.
Yokaichiya, F.
Keller, L.
Baranov, N. V.

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Publication date

January 2018

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.97.134425

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American Physical Society (APS)

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issn:2469-9950

Language

English

Abstract

In this paper we report the detailed study of magnetic phase diagrams, low-temperature magnetic structures, and the magnetic field effect on the electrical resistivity of the binary intermetallic compound Tb3Ni. The incommensurate magnetic structure of the spin-density-wave type described with magnetic superspace group P1121/a1′(ab0)0ss and propagation vector kIC=0.506,0.299,0 was found to emerge just below Néel temperature TN=61 K. Further cooling below 58 K results in the appearance of multicomponent magnetic states: (i) a combination of k1=12,12,0 and kIC in the temperature range 51<T<58 K; (ii) a mixed magnetic state of kIC, k1, and k2=12,14,0 with the partially locked-in incommensurate component in the temperature range 48<T<51 K; and ...