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Magnetization measurements have been performed on single-crystalline Fe$_{1.1}$Te in pulsed magnetic fields $\mathbf{H}\perp\mathbf{c}$ up to 53 T and temperatures from 4.2 to 65 K. At $T=4.2$ K, a non-reversible reorientation of the…
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