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Spin and orbital contributions to surface magnetism in 3delements

Authors :
Olle Eriksson
Gayanath Fernando
A. M. Boring
Bernard R. Cooper
R. C. Albers
Source :
Physical Review B. 45:2868-2875
Publication Year :
1992
Publisher :
American Physical Society (APS), 1992.

Abstract

We have determined theoretically both the orbital and the spin contribution to the magnetic moment on the (001) surfaces of fcc Mn, bcc and fcc Fe, hcp Co, and fcc Ni. We used a surface geometry that corresponds to the bulk crystal structure (except for Mn) with no relaxation of the surface. In addition to enhanced spin moments at the surface we find that the orbital moment for surface states is greatly enhanced (sometimes by more than 100%). We also present calculations for different spin configurations in fcc Fe, and we find that two competing spin configurations exists. fcc Mn is found to have a surface spin moment slightly larger than the surface moment of bcc Fe. Detailed information from the calculations is presented, i.e., density of states, charge-density contour plots, and orbital-projected spin moments.

Details

ISSN :
10953795 and 01631829
Volume :
45
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review B
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8e7a36c3f1c9dda43407550a0622e952
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.45.2868