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On magnetic structure of CuFe2Ge2: constrains from the 57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy

Materials Science 2018-03-14 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy measurements were performed on a powdered CuFe2Ge2 sample that orders antiferromagnetically at ~ 175 K. Whereas a paramagnetic doublet was observed above the Neel temperature, a superposition of paramagnetic doublet and magnetic sextet (in approximately 0.5 : 0.5 ratio) was observed in the magnetically ordered state, suggesting a magnetic structure similar to a double-Q spin density wave with half of the Fe paramagnetic and another half bearing static moment of ~ 0.5 - 1 mu_B. These results call for a re-evaluation of the recent neutron scattering data and band structure calculations.

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@article{arxiv.1706.07874,
  title  = {On magnetic structure of CuFe2Ge2: constrains from the 57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy},
  author = {Sergey L. Bud'ko and Na Hyun Jo and Savannah S. Downing and Paul C. Canfield},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.07874},
  year   = {2018}
}