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Magneto-electric operators in neutron scattering

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2014-05-14 v1

Abstract

We succeed in deriving an exact expression for the magnetic interaction of neutrons and electrons including magneto-electric operators, allowed in the absence of a centre of inversion symmetry. Central characters are a spin anapole and an orbital (toroidal) analogue, in addition to familiar parity-even operators. A simulation of neutron diffraction by antiferromagnetic copper oxide makes full use of information inferred from a thorough investigation with resonant x-ray Bragg diffraction.

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@article{arxiv.1405.3060,
  title  = {Magneto-electric operators in neutron scattering},
  author = {S W Lovesey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.3060},
  year   = {2014}
}
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