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Antiferromagnetic form factor of Sr2CuO2Cl2

  • X. L. Wang
  • , L. L. Miller
  • , J. Ye
  • , C. Stassis
  • , B. N. Harmon
  • , D. C. Johnston
  • , A. J. Schultz
  • , C.-K. Loong

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Abstract

Neutron diffraction techniques have been used to study the antiferromagnetic form factor of Sr2CuO2Cl2, which has the body-centered-tetragonal (Ι 4/mmm) K2NiF4-type structure (the same as that of tetragonal La2CuO4 but with the out-of-plane oxygens replaced by Cl and the La by Sr). The antiferromagnetic form factor was obtained at 15 K by measuring the integrated intensities of the (½ ½ 0), (½ ½ 2), (½ ½ 3), (330), (336), (352 1), (338), and (550) magnetic reflections of a single crystal of Sr2CuO2Cl2. The experimentally determined magnetic form factor is similar to that of La2CuO4. The experimental data were compared with the Cu2+ magnetic form factor and with the results of band theoretical calculations. We find that the fit to the experimental data is improved if one assumes a dipolar spin polarization on the in-plane oxygen ions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4524-4526
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume67
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 1990
Externally publishedYes

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