Abstract
Three different spin arrangements for the (001) surface of Cr are discussed on the basis of self-consistent total-energy calculations: ferromagnetism, inside-the-surface antiferromagnetism, and "topological" antiferromagnetism between ferromagnetic terraces separated by single steps. The antiferromagnetic configuration is found to be energetically unfavorable. Instead, topological antiferromagnetism is compatible with both the absence of magnetization observed by spin-resolved photoemission and the existence of spin-split surface states detected by energy- and angular-resolved photoemission.
- Received 5 October 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.39.1392
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