Hyperfine field, electric field gradient, quadrupole coupling constant and magnetic properties of challenging actinide digallide
| Autor: | M. Yazdani-Kachoei, S. Jalali-Asadabadi, Iftikhar Ahmad, Sajid Khan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Physics
Coupling constant Field (physics) Condensed matter physics Magnetic moment 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Ferromagnetism 0103 physical sciences Quadrupole Antiferromagnetism Physics::Atomic Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 010306 general physics 0210 nano-technology Hyperfine structure Electric field gradient |
| Zdroj: | Physica B: Condensed Matter. 526:102-109 |
| ISSN: | 0921-4526 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physb.2017.09.052 |
| Popis: | In this paper, we explore the structural and magnetic properties as well as electric field gradient (EFG), hyperfine field (HFF) and quadrupole coupling constant in actinide digallide AcGa2 (Ac = U, Np, Pu) using LDA, GGA, LDA+U, GGA+U and hybrid functional with Wu-Cohen Generalized Gradient approximation HF-WC. Relativistic effects of the electrons are considered by including spin-orbit coupling. The comparison of the calculated structural parameters and magnetic properties with the available experimental results confirms the consistency and hence effectiveness of our theoretical tools. The calculated magnetic moments demonstrate that UGa2 and NpGa2 are ferromagnetic while PuGa2 is antiferromagnetic in nature. The EFG of AcGa2 is reported for the first time. The HFF, EFG and quadrupole coupling constant in AcGa2 (Ac = U, Np, Pu) are mainly originated from f-f and p-p contributions of Ac atom and p-p contribution of Ga atom. |
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