Magnetic Anisotropy of Gd Metal at 4 K under Pressure
- 7 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 45 (1) , 50-53
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.45.50
Abstract
Measurements are presented of the magnetic crystalline anisotropy of a spherical single crystal of gadolinium metal of high purity (about 0.01 wt.% oxide) at 4.2 K, at atmospheric pressure and at near-hydrostatic pressures up to 6 kbar. The magnetic anisotropy is strongly pressure dependent. It is suggested that part of this anisotropy is caused by the movement through the Fermi level of a small peak in the density of electron states curve.Keywords
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