468 research outputs found
Spin-transfer torques in anti-ferromagnetic metals from first principles
In spite of the absence of a macroscopic magnetic moment, an anti-ferromagnet
is spin-polarized on an atomic scale. The electric current passing through a
conducting anti-ferromagnet is polarized as well, leading to spin-transfer
torques when the order parameter is textured, such as in anti-ferromagnetic
non-collinear spin valves and domain walls. We report a first principles study
on the electronic transport properties of anti-ferromagnetic systems. The
current-induced spin torques acting on the magnetic moments are comparable with
those in conventional ferromagnetic materials, leading to measurable angular
resistances and current-induced magnetization dynamics. In contrast to
ferromagnets, spin torques in anti-ferromagnets are very nonlocal. The torques
acting far away from the center of an anti-ferromagnetic domain wall should
facilitate current-induced domain wall motion.Comment: The paper has substantially been rewritten, 4 pages, 5 figure
Static critical behavior of the ferromagnetic transition in LaMnO3.14 manganite
The ferromagnetic phase transition in LaMnO3.14 is investigated by measuring
the dc magnetization as a function of magnetic field and temperature. Modified
Arrott plot and Kouvel Fisher analysis yield estimates for the critical
exponents beta, and gama, with values between that predicted for the Heisenberg
model and mean field theory. At low fields we found an anomalous small value of
beta, indicating that the critical behavior is influenced by the range of
magnetic fields used.Comment: Presented at ICM 2000 conference. Accepted for publication at J.
Magn. Magn. Mate
Multi-k magnetic structures in USb_{0.9}Te_{0.1} and UAs_{0.8}Se_{0.2} observed via resonant x-ray scattering at the U M4 edge
Experiments with resonant photons at the U M4 edge have been performed on a
sample of USb_{0.9}Te_{0.1}, which has an incommensurate magnetic structure
with k = 0.596(2) reciprocal lattice units. The reflections of the form ,
as observed previously in a commensurate k = 1/2 system [N. Bernhoeft et al.,
Phys. Rev. B 69 174415 (2004)] are observed, removing any doubt that these
occur because of multiple scattering or high-order contamination of the
incident photon beam. They are clearly connected with the presence of a 3k
configuration. Measurements of the reflections from the sample
UAs_{0.8}Se_{0.2} in a magnetic field show that the transition at T* ~ 50 K is
between a low-temperature 2k and high-temperature 3k state and that this
transition is sensitive to an applied magnetic field. These experiments stress
the need for quantitative theory to explain the intensities of these
reflections.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev.
Induced four fold anisotropy and bias in compensated NiFe/FeMn double layers
A vector spin model is used to show how frustrations within a multisublattice
antiferromagnet such as FeMn can lead to four-fold magnetic anisotropies acting
on an exchange coupled ferromagnetic film. Possibilities for the existence of
exchange bias are examined and shown to exist for the case of weak chemical
disorder at the interface in an otherwise perfect structure. A sensitive
dependence on interlayer exchange is found for anisotropies acting on the
ferromagnet through the exchange coupling, and we show that a wide range of
anisotropies can appear even for a perfect crystalline structure with an
ideally flat interface.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure
Seeking the Equation of State of Non-Compact Lattice QED
We perform a high statistics calculation of the equation of state for
non-compact QED on large lattices. The calculation extends to fermionic
correlation lengths of , and it is combined with a finite size
scaling analysis of the lattice data.Comment: 32 pages, uuencoded Z-compressed postscript file. Also available from
http://www.desy.de/pub/preprints/desy/1996
Probing a ferromagnetic critical regime using nonlinear susceptibility
The second order para-ferromagnetic phase transition in a series of amorphous
alloys (Fe{_5}Co{_{50}}Ni{_{17-x}}Cr{_x}B{_{16}}Si{_{12}}) is investigated
using nonlinear susceptibility. A simple molecular field treatment for the
critical region shows that the third order suceptibility (chi{_3}) diverges on
both sides of the transition temperature, and changes sign at T{_C}. This
critical behaviour is observed experimentally in this series of amorphous
ferromagnets, and the related assymptotic critical exponents are calculated. It
is shown that using the proper scaling equations, all the exponents necessary
for a complete characterization of the phase transition can be determined using
linear and nonlinear susceptiblity measurements alone. Using meticulous
nonlinear susceptibility measurements, it is shown that at times chi{_3} can be
more sensitive than the linear susceptibility (chi{_1}) in unravelling the
magnetism of ferromagnetic spin systems. A new technique for accurately
determining T{_C} is discussed, which makes use of the functional form of
chi{_3} in the critical region.Comment: 11 Figures, Submitted to Physical Review
Instability of the rhodium magnetic moment as origin of the metamagnetic phase transition in alpha-FeRh
Based on ab initio total energy calculations we show that two magnetic states
of rhodium atoms together with competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic
exchange interactions are responsible for a temperature induced metamagnetic
phase transition, which experimentally is observed for stoichiometric
alpha-FeRh. A first-principle spin-based model allows to reproduce this
first-order metamagnetic transition by means of Monte Carlo simulations.
Further inclusion of spacial variation of exchange parameters leads to a
realistic description of the experimental magneto-volume effects in alpha-FeRh.Comment: 10 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Effective critical behaviour of diluted Heisenberg-like magnets
In agreement with the Harris criterion, asymptotic critical exponents of
three-dimensional (3d) Heisenberg-like magnets are not influenced by weak
quenched dilution of non-magnetic component. However, often in the experimental
studies of corresponding systems concentration- and temperature-dependent
exponents are found with values differing from those of the 3d Heisenberg
model.
In our study, we use the field--theoretical renormalization group approach to
explain this observation and to calculate the effective critical exponents of
weakly diluted quenched Heisenberg-like magnet. Being non-universal, these
exponents change with distance to the critical point as observed
experimentally. In the asymptotic limit (at ) they equal to the critical
exponents of the pure 3d Heisenberg magnet as predicted by the Harris
criterion.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figure
A numerical reinvestigation of the Aoki phase with N_f=2 Wilson fermions at zero temperature
We report on a numerical reinvestigation of the Aoki phase in lattice QCD
with two flavors of Wilson fermions where the parity-flavor symmetry is
spontaneously broken. For this purpose an explicitly symmetry-breaking source
term was added to the fermion action.
The order parameter was computed with
the Hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm at several values of on
lattices of sizes to and extrapolated to . The existence of a
parity-flavor breaking phase can be confirmed at and 4.3, while we
do not find parity-flavor breaking at and 5.0.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, Revised version as to be published in Phys.Rev.
Critical properties of the three-dimensional equivalent-neighbor model and crossover scaling in finite systems
Accurate numerical results are presented for the three-dimensional
equivalent-neighbor model on a cubic lattice, for twelve different interaction
ranges (coordination number between 18 and 250). These results allow the
determination of the range dependences of the critical temperature and various
critical amplitudes, which are compared to renormalization-group predictions.
In addition, the analysis yields an estimate for the interaction range at which
the leading corrections to scaling vanish for the spin-1/2 model and confirms
earlier conclusions that the leading Wegner correction must be negative for the
three-dimensional (nearest-neighbor) Ising model. By complementing these
results with Monte Carlo data for systems with coordination numbers as large as
52514, the full finite-size crossover curves between classical and Ising-like
behavior are obtained as a function of a generalized Ginzburg parameter. Also
the crossover function for the effective magnetic exponent is determined.Comment: Corrected shift of critical temperature and some typos. To appear in
Phys. Rev. E. 18 pages RevTeX, including 10 EPS figures. Also available as
PDF file at http://www.cond-mat.physik.uni-mainz.de/~luijten/erikpubs.htm
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