Published October 1, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetic x-ray-scattering study of uranium arsenide

  • 1. AT ampersand T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (USA)
  • 2. Institut Laue-Langevin, 38052 Grenoble CEDEX (France)
  • 3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (USA)
  • 4. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (USA)
  • 5. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich-Honggerberg, Zurich (Switzerland)

Description

The resonant magnetic x-ray scattering in UAs has been measured from 3.4 to 5.0 keV through the MIII, MIV, and MV absorption edges. The data are fit by three dipole oscillators that add coherently. The polarization dependence of nonresonant magnetic scattering was measured at 7.6 keV in the type-IA 2q phase below T=63 K. The ratio of the (0,1/2,2)σ-π magnetic reflection to the (0,0,2)σ-σ charge reflection is 1x10-9, and the ratio calculated assuming the free-ion values of L=6 and S=3/2 is 1.04x10-9. This is a direct measurement of the strong orbital contribution to the magnetic moment in UAs. In the type-IA phase a tetragonal lattice distortion with c/a=1.0002 and a (003)σ-σ charge peak associated with a charge modulation at 2τ, where τ is the modulation wave vector of the magnetic structure, were observed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
10
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
6007-6017
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD