Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Observation of chiral ordering of moments in the magnetic mesostucture of the (Pd0.984Fe0.016)0.95Mn0.05 alloy by means of polarized neutrons

  • Magnetism and Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems
  • Published:
Crystallography Reports Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Investigation of the magnetic structure of the diluted (Pd0.984Fe0.016)0.95Mn0.05 alloy at meso-and nanoscale levels by means of two techniques of small-angle polarized-neutron scattering (within a direct beam and beyond it) has been performed in the temperature range 10<T<60 K. The dependences of the neutron beam depolarization, the polarization rotation angle, and the polarization-dependent magnetic scattering cross section on a weak (0<H<40 A/cm) external magnetic field have been studied. A simple model of neutron beam depolarization by a sample with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy was used to analyze the results obtained. The experiment on polarized-neutron scattering in the so-called direct geometry showed the existence of a polarization-dependent scattering cross section. This scattering has left-right asymmetry and depends on temperature. Comparison of these results with the depolarization data leads to a conclusion about the existence of static chiral fluctuations in large-scale inhomogeneities.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. T. Sato, T. Nishioka, Y. Miyako, et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 54, 1989 (1985).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. G. Gordeev, L. Axelrod, I. Lazebnik, et al., Appl. Phys. A 74, S583 (2002).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. M. Gabay and G. Toulouse, Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 201 (1981).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. S. Maleyev, Polarised Neutrons and Magnetism (Izd-vo SPIYaF, Gatchina, 2002).

    Google Scholar 

  5. G. Gordeev, L. Axelrod, V. Zabenkin, et al., Physica B (Amsterdam, Neth.) 335, 127 (2003).

    Google Scholar 

  6. G. Gordeev, L. Axelrod, and V. Wagner, GeNF-Experimental Report 2001 (GKSS, Geesthacht, 2002), p. 59.

    Google Scholar 

  7. A. V. Lazuta, S. V. Maleev, and B. P. Toperverg, Solid State Commun. 38, 589 (1981).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. S. V. Maleev, Usp. Fiz. Nauk 172, 617 (2002).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. H. Kawamura and L. M. Suan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 187 204 (2001).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gatchina, Leningradskaya oblast, 188300, Russia

    L. A. Aksel’rod, G. P. Gordeev, V. N. Zabenkin & I. M. Lazebnik

  2. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, D-38116, Braunschweig, Germany

    V. Wagner

  3. GKSS-Forschungzentrum, Geesthacht, Germany

    H. Eckerlebe

Authors
  1. L. A. Aksel’rod
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. G. P. Gordeev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. N. Zabenkin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. I. M. Lazebnik
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. V. Wagner
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. H. Eckerlebe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Original Russian Text © L.A. Aksel’rod, G.P. Gordeev, V.N. Zabenkin, I.M. Lazebnik, V. Wagner, H. Eckerlebe, 2007, published in Kristallografiya, 2007, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 425–428.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Aksel’rod, L.A., Gordeev, G.P., Zabenkin, V.N. et al. Observation of chiral ordering of moments in the magnetic mesostucture of the (Pd0.984Fe0.016)0.95Mn0.05 alloy by means of polarized neutrons. Crystallogr. Rep. 52, 403–406 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774507030091

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774507030091

PACS numbers

Search

Navigation