Orbital dynamics of the 4f shell in DyB2C2

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.036408
PMID: 15698297

Authors: U. Staub (Swiss Light Source) , A. Mulders (Swiss Light Source) , O. Zaharko (ETH; Paul Scherrer Institut) , S. Janssen (ETH; Paul Scherrer Institut) , T. Nakamura (SPring-8/JASRI) , S. W. Lovesey (Diamond Light Source; SPring-8/RIKEN)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Journal Paper
Journal: Physical Review Letters , VOL 94 (3)

State: Published (Approved)
Published: January 2005

Abstract: For the first time, fluctuations in the Dy quadrupole (orbital) moment have been observed in DyB2C2 using inelastic neutron scattering. The observed quasielastic response is decomposed into two components, one reflecting transitions within the doublets (narrow) and the other transitions between the doublets (broad) of the effective Dy quartet ground state. The widths of the narrow and broad components are shown to arise from fluctuations in the magnetic dipole and the electric quadrupole moments, respectively.

Subject Areas: Physics, Materials


Technical Areas: Theoretical Physics

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