Soft Spin-Wave Modes and the Cone-to-Spiral Transition in Holmium Metal
- 14 July 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 23 (2), 81-83
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.23.81
Abstract
It is suggested that the cone-to-spiral magnetic transition in holmium metal near 20°K is caused by a soft spin-wave mode of nonzero wave vector. Neutron inelastic scattering measurements are presented which support this proposal.Keywords
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