A neutron diffraction demonstration of long-range magnetic order in the quasicrystal approximant DyCd6

D. H. Ryan, J. M. Cadogan, T. Kong, P. C. Canfield, A. I. Goldman, A. Kreyssig

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Abstract

We have used neutron powder diffraction to demonstrate the existence of long-range antiferromagnetic order of Ising-like Dy moments in the DyCd6 quasicrystal approximant phase. This cubic compound undergoes a slight distortion to a monoclinic cell at low temperatures. The Néel temperature is 18.0(2) K and the magnetic order of the Dy sublattice may be described in the parent cubic Im3 structure using a combination of two propagation vectors, k1 = [0 0 0] and k2 = [12 0 12], yielding 'anti-I' order. Alternatively, when referred to the monoclinic C2/c cell, the magnetic structure may be described by a single propagation vector: k = [1 0 0].

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number035312
JournalAIP Advances
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2019
Externally publishedYes

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  • General Physics and Astronomy

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