Magnetic excitations in HoNi2

1 March 1982

journal article
conference paper
Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics

Vol. 53 (3) , 1979-1981
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.330726

Abstract

Using inelastic neutron scattering we have studied the magnetic excitations in HoNi₂. Several modes have been observed in the [001] direction showing that the magnetic excitations in this compound are governed by crystal field effects. The acoustic mode is the only one which is weakly dispersive. The J_Ho‐Ho interaction deduced is very weak and leads to a calculated Curie temperature much smaller than the experimental one. This shows that although the nickel is not magnetic it could contribute to the magnetic ordering. An analysis of the complete results in terms of crystalline electric field and Heisenberg type exchange interaction fails to account simultaneously for magnetization and inelastic neutron measurement.

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Magnetic properties of single crystals of Gd ${Co}_{2}$ , Ho ${Ni}_{2}$ , and Ho ${Co}_{2}$
Physical Review B, 1975