1. Magnetic structure and component-separated transitions of HoNiSi$_{3}$
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Tartaglia, R., Arantes, F. R., Galdino, C. W., Kaneko, U. F., Avila, M. A., Granado, E., Vildosola, Veronica, Nuñez, Matias, Cornaglia, Pablo S., and García, Daniel J.
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Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons ,Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
HoNiSi$_{3}$ is an intermetallic compound characterized by two successive antiferromagnetic transitions at $T_{N1} = 6.3$ K and $T_{N2} = 10.4$ K. Here, its zero-field microscopic magnetic structure is inferred from resonant x-ray magnetic diffraction experiments on a single crystalline sample that complement previous bulk magnetic susceptibility data. For $T < T_{N2}$, the primitive magnetic unit cell matches the chemical cell. The magnetic structure features ferromagnetic {\it ac} planes stacked in an antiferromagnetic $\uparrow \downarrow \uparrow \downarrow$ pattern. For $T_{N1} < T < T_{N2}$, the ordered magnetic moment points along $\vec{a}$, and for $T < T_{N1}$ a component along $\vec{c}$ also orders. A symmetry analysis indicates that the magnetic structure for $T
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- 2024
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