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Anomalous spin-density distribution on oxygen and Ru in Ca(1.5)Sr(0.5)RuO(4): polarized neutron diffraction study
A Gukasov1, M Braden, R J Papoular
1Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (CEA-CNRS), CE Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France.
Abstract:
By means of polarized neutron diffraction in a magnetic field of 7.0 T at 1.6 K an anomalously large magnetization density is observed on the in-plane oxygen in Ca(1.5)Sr(0.5)RuO(4). Field-induced moments of different ions are determined by refinement on the flipping ratios, yielding micro(Ru)=0.346(11)micro(B), micro(O1)=0.076(6)micro(B), and micro(O2)=0.009(6)micro(B). The moment on the oxygen arises from the strong hybridization between the Ru-4d and O-2p orbitals. The maximum entropy magnetization density reconstruction reveals a strongly anisotropic density at the Ru site, consistent with the distribution of the xy (t(2g) band) d orbitals.
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