arXiv · 1411.4391
Experimental and theoretical investigations on magnetic and related properties of ErRuSi
Abstract
We report experimental and theoretical studies of magnetic and related properties of ErRuSi compound. Various experimental techniques such as neutron diffraction, magnetization, magneto-thermal, magneto-transport, optical have been used to study the compound. Neutron diffraction shows ferromagnetic ordering at low temperatures with moments aligned in ab plane. Neutron diffraction and magnetization data show reduction in magnetic moment, which may be due to crystalline electric field effects at low temperatures. The compound shows good magnetocaloric properties with a low field adiabatic temperature change of 4.7 K, which is larger than that of many proposed materials for magnetic refrigeration at low temperatures. Magnetoresistance shows large negative value at 8 K, which changes its sign and increases in magnitude, with decrease in temperature and/or increase in field. The positive MR at low temperatures attributed to the Lorentz force effect. The electronic structure calculations accounting for electronic correlations of the 4f electrons of Er reproduces the ferromagnetic ordering and effective magnetic moment. Interband transitions between the Ru and Er d states and Er f states in one spin projection are found to form the main features of the measured optical conductivity in this compound.
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Sachin Gupta, A. Das, K. G. Suresh, A. Hoser, Yu. V. Knyazev, Yu. I. Kuz'min, A. V. Lukoyanov. 2014-11-17. Experimental and theoretical investigations on magnetic and related properties of ErRuSi. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591%2F2%2F4%2F046101
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