Abstract
The magnetic properties of three homogeneous samples of the weak itinerant ferromagnet In have been determined in the hydrostatic pressure, temperature, and magnetic field ranges 0–6 kbar, 3–300 K, and 0–57 kOe, respectively. The pressure dependence of the Curie temperature (P) was determined to 31 kbar. The application of hydrostatic pressure is found to significantly enhance the magnetic properties of In at both low and high temperatures relative to . These results contradict a theoretical model by Wohlfarth, according to which the magnetic properties of homogeneous weak itinerant ferromagnets should be weakened under pressure.
- Received 1 June 1989
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.40.9017
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