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Published on: November 11, 2013
Identification of spatial magnetic inhomogeneities by nuclear forward scattering of synchrotron radiation
Vlastimil Vrba1, Vít Procházka1, Marcel Miglierini2
1Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 17 listopadu 1192/12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
Spatially confined magnetic inhomogeneities were revealed by measuring nuclear forward scattering time spectra on the same sample in two different geometric arrangements. They differ by 180° rotation of the sample around one of the polarization axes. A basic theoretical description of this phenomenon and its relation to a spatial distribution of nuclei featuring different magnetic moments is provided. From an experimental point of view, the violation of rotational invariance was observed for an inhomogeneous Fe81Mo8Cu1B10 metallic glass. The development of magnetic inhomogeneities and their relation to the evolution of time spectra was studied during thermal annealing.
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