Dynamics of iron atoms across the pressure-induced Invar transition in Pd3Fe

M. L. Winterrose, L. Mauger, I. Halevy, A. F. Yue, M. S. Lucas, J. A. Muñoz, H. Tan, Y. Xiao, P. Chow, W. Sturhahn, T. S. Toellner, E. E. Alp, and B. Fultz
Phys. Rev. B 83, 134304 – Published 20 April 2011

Abstract

The Fe57 phonon partial density of states (PDOS) in L12-ordered Pd3Fe was studied at high pressures by nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (NRIXS) measurements and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The NRIXS spectra showed that the stiffening of the Fe57 PDOS with decreasing volume was slower from 12 to 24GPa owing to the pressure-induced Invar transition in Pd3Fe, with a change from a high-moment ferromagnetic (FM) state to a low-moment (LM) state observed by nuclear forward scattering. Force constants obtained from fitting to a Born–von Kármán model showed a relative softening of the first-nearest-neighbor (1NN) Fe-Pd longitudinal force constants at the magnetic transition. For the FM low-pressure state, the DFT calculations gave a PDOS and 1NN longitudinal force constants in good agreement with experiment, but discrepancies for the high-pressure LM state suggest the presence of short-range magnetic order.

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  • Received 17 August 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.134304

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

M. L. Winterrose1, L. Mauger1, I. Halevy1, A. F. Yue1, M. S. Lucas1, J. A. Muñoz1, H. Tan1, Y. Xiao2, P. Chow2, W. Sturhahn3, T. S. Toellner3, E. E. Alp3, and B. Fultz1

  • 1W. M. Keck Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  • 2HPCAT, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
  • 3Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA

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Vol. 83, Iss. 13 — 1 April 2011

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