Abstract
Using combined theoretical and experimental approaches, we studied the structural and electronic origin of the magnetic structure in hexagonal . Besides showing the strong exchange coupling that is consistent with the high magnetic ordering temperature, the previously observed spin reorientation transition is explained by the theoretically calculated magnetic phase diagram. The structural origin of this spin reorientation that is responsible for the appearance of spontaneous magnetization, is identified by theory and verified by x-ray diffraction and absorption experiments.
- Received 16 February 2014
- Revised 7 July 2014
- Corrected 15 August 2014
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.014436
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15 August 2014