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Recent discovery of topologically non-trivial behavior in Co3Sn2S2 stimulated a notable interest in this itinerant ferromagnet (Tc = 174 K). The exact magnetic state remains ambiguous, with several reports indicating the existence of a…
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We investigate the behavior of ultrasharp metamagnetic transitions in La(5/8-y)Nd(y)Ca(3/8)MnO(3) manganites. These compounds change from a low temperature ferromagnetic metallic state at low Nd doping to a charge-ordered antiferromagnetic…
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