Published June 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Antiferromagnetism in Fe-doped PrRh2Si2: a Moessbauer study

  • 1. Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Physics (India)
  • 2. Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (Germany)

Description

PrRh2Si2 is highly anisotropic Ising-type antiferromagnetic system. The ordering temperature (TN∼ 68 K) of PrRh2Si2 is exceptionally high on the de-Gennes scale in the family of RRh2Si2 (R = rare earths). The reason for this anomalous behaviour is not clear. It is believed that the presence of uniaxial anisotropy assists in enhancing the TN. The Moessbauer study was performed on a 10% Fe-doped PrRh2Si2 sample to understand the magnetic coupling between different sites of PrRh2Si2. The Moessbauer spectra together with the magnetic susceptibility data suggest that the magnetic coupling in PrRh2Si2 is provided mainly by the RKKY interaction between Pr-moments.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Hyperfine Interactions
Journal Volume
184
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 173-177
ISSN
0304-3843
CODEN
HYINDN

Conference

Title
29. international conference on the applications of the Moessbauer effect
Acronym
ICAME 2007
Dates
14-19 Oct 2007
Place
Kanpur (India)

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