Prediction of a surface magnetic moment in alpha-uranium
Materials Science
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Recently, there has been an increased interest in first-principles calculations of the actinides as well as in finding the new materials which display surface magnetism. We predict the existence of a magnetic moment on the uranium (001) surface by performing density functional calculations for a slab geometry in the generalized gradient and local spin density approximations with included spin orbit coupling. The ferromagnetic phase is energetically favored for all geometries. The calculated total magnetic moment, , is stable on films of different thickness and it should be observable experimentally.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0302423,
title = {Prediction of a surface magnetic moment in alpha-uranium},
author = {N. Stojic and J. W. Davenport and M. Komelj and J. Glimm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0302423},
year = {2007}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures