The hyperfine magnetic field of172Yb in Fe and Ni

Time-differential perturbed angular correlation measurements have been performed on the 91–1095 keV -ray cascade emitted by¹⁷²Yb nuclei in the capture decay of¹⁷²Lu, using implanted sources of¹⁷²Lu in Fe and Ni. From these measurements hyperfine field valuesB(YbFe)=–1253±83 kG andB(YbNi)=–143±12 kG follow at room temperature. From the modulation amplitude of the spectra it follows that only about 20% of the ytterbium nuclei participate in the precession.     

The magnetic hyperfine field and the electric field gradient at181Ta impurities in Gd metal

The magnetic hyperfine fieldH _hf and the electric field gradientV _zz at¹⁸¹Ta impurties in metallic Gd were determined by time differential perturbed angular correlation measurements with the 133 keV K-conversion electron 482 keV -cascade of¹⁸¹Ta. The sources for these measurements were prepared by implantation of radioactive¹⁸¹Hf ions into Gd. The results are: |H _hf(TaGd; 77 K)|=285(14)kG, and |V _zz(TaGd; 330 K)|=5.32(15)·10¹⁷V/cm². The value ofH _hf fits well into the systematics for 5d impurities in Gd and indicates a positive core polarisation contribution, which is expected if the conduction electrons of Gd have to a large extent d-character. The electric field gradients of the 5d impurities in Gd are not consistent with a proportionality between the ionic and the electronic contribution.     

The magnetic hyperfine field at181Ta impurities in the 4f-ferromagnets Ho and Er

The magnetic hyperfine fieldH _hf at¹⁸¹Ta impurities in the ferromagnetic Rare Earth metals Ho and Er has been determined by time differential perturbed angular correlation measurements at 4.2 K. The results |H _hf(TaHo)|=101(8)kG |H _hf(TaEr)|= 94(8)kG together with the previously determined values ofH _hf(TaGd) andH _hf(TaDy) show that the magnetic hyperfine field at Ta impurities in the Rare Earth metals is predominantly due to the conduction electron polarization of the hosts.     

The magnetic hyperfine field at Hg impurities in ferromagnetic Gd

The magnetic hyperfine field at dilute Hg impurities in Gd has been investigated by the conversion electron (e ^–)--time differential perturbed angular correlation (TDPAC) technique. The radioactivities^197m Hg and¹⁹⁹Tl were implanted into Gd foils by means of an isotope separator. TDPAC measurements were performed with the 165 keV-L-conversion electron—134 keV--cascade of¹⁹⁷Hg at different temperatures and with the 334 keV--158 keV-K-conversion electron cascade of¹⁹⁹Hg at 200 K.The regular site occupation probabilities were found to be 15(3)% for an annealed^197m HgGd sample and 29(5)% in unannealed¹⁹⁹TlGd samples.From the magnetic hyperfine interaction frequencies measured for the regular sites at 200 K the magnetic hyperfine fields |H _hf(¹⁹⁷HgGd; 200 K)|=256(13) kG and |H _hf(¹⁹⁹HgGd; 200 K)|=267(7) kG were deduced.On leave from the University of Lisboa, Portugal     

Nuclear orientation and NMR/ON on implanted114mIn in Fe and Co

Nuclear orientation and NMR/ON of^114mIn implanted into Fe at an energy of 80 keV and dose of 3–5×10¹⁴ cm^–2 is reported. The zero applied field resonance frequencyv ₀=203.65(6) MHz is combined with the recently determinedB _hf(InFe) of 286.8(3) kG to yield (^114mIn)=+4.658(14) nm. The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation time for^114mIn in iron is measured to be 88(18) s at 18 mK and the applied field dependence of the NMR/ON resonance frequency gives the Knight shift for the system as –2.4(6)%. The absence of measurable nuclear orientation in similarly prepared^114mInCo sources is discussed.     

Hyperfine fields in the 5sp series studied by the low temperature nuclear orientation of83Rb,83Sr,85Sr and85Ym in iron

The hyperfine fields B_hf (RbFe), B_hf (SrFe) and B_hf (YFe) have been determined by the low temperature nuclear orientation of dilute samples of⁸³Rb,^83,85Sr and⁸⁵Y^m in an iron lattice to be B_hf (RbFe)=+54 (10) kG, B_hf (SrFe)=(?)100 (30) kG and B_hf (YFe)=?226 (10) kG. These results are compared with recent calculations for these fields (1), (2).     

The magnetic hyperfine field at140Ce in nickel

The hyperfine interaction of¹⁴⁰Ce in nickel has been investigated by the time-differential perturbed-angular-correlation technique (TDPAC). The probe was produced by isotope separator implantation of the fission product¹⁴⁰Xe, the ^- decay chain of which finally populates excited states of¹⁴⁰Ce.Different spin rotation spectra were observed before and after an 8 h annealing at 415°C. The analysis of the spectra led to the conclusion that the Ce ions were in the diamagnetic 4⁺ state. The dominant contributions to the hyperfine interaction are two different magnetic hyperfine fields: |H _hf ¹|=385±7 kOe and |H _hf ²|=276±12 kOe.H _hf ¹ disappears after annealing. The fraction of nuclei which observeH _hf ² is increased by the annealing procedure from 16% to 75%. It is assumed thatH _hf ¹ is the hyperfine field of CeNi in an unperturbed substitutional site andH _hf ² is attributed to Ce ions which have trapped a single vacancy.     

The183Re ground state dipole moment and nuclear spin-lattice relaxation of Re in Fe

The hyperfine interaction of the system¹⁸³Re(70d)Fe has been investigated with the NMR/ON technique. With the hyperfine field valueB _hf(ReFe)=–76.0(1.5) T the ground state magnetic moment was determined as: (5/2⁺,¹⁸³Re)=+3.12(6) _N. The field dependent nuclear spin-lattice relaxation time has been measured. The result for the high-field relaxation rateR _exp=1.65(5)·10^–15 T ²s K^–1 is explained in terms of indirect spin-wave interaction.     

The magnetic hyperfine field of bromine in iron by NMR/ON

Nuclear magnetic resonance of⁸²Br oriented at low temperature in iron has been observed with a sample prepared by ion implantation atT<0.2 K. The asymmetric resonance signal can be decomposed in a broad background signal and a narrow line of FWHM=1.8 (4) MHz which can be attributed to⁸²Br in undisturbed substitutional sites of Fe. From the center frequency of this narrow line (B _ext=0)=201.86(13) MHz we derive the magnetic hyperfine field asB _hf(BrFe)=81.38(6) T. This value is considerably larger than the result of theoretical calculations.     

Investigation of the hyperfine interaction of the transition element impurity193Ir in gadolinium

The combined magnetic and electric hyperfine interaction of dilute¹⁹³Ir impurities in ferromagnetic Gd has been investigated by means of the Mössbauer effect. The magnetic hyperfine field of¹⁹³Ir in Gd at 4.2 K is: |H _hf(Ir:Gd)|=624(6) kG.The electric fieldgradient at the site of Ir in Gd is:V _zz (Ir:Gd)=+19.5(5.0) × 10¹⁷ V/cm².The fieldgradient is axially asymmetric with an asymmetry parameter of 0.53(2)1.     

Defect induced magnetic interactions in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG): a local investigation using TDPAD method

We performed microscopic studies of the magnetic interaction in HOPG by measuring the hyperfine field of ¹⁹F using the time differential perturbed angular distribution (TDPAD) technique. The results show two hyperfine fields (B_hf) components: one varying strongly with temperature and saturating around 5 kG, while the other showing a maximum of 0.85 kG. The temperature dependence of B_hf does not show any signature of ferromagnetic ordering, but is reminiscent of enhanced paramagnetism.     

Local spin correlations in partially frustrated amorphous Fe-Mn

Mössbauer measurements in a-(Fe_0.765Mn_0.235)₇₈Sn₂Si₆B₁₄ have been performed with⁵⁷Fe and¹¹⁹Sn. Both hyperfine fields show a kink near 70 K, indicating a freezing of the transverse spins. The ratio of the two hyperfine fields contains information about the correlation of the transverse spins. The ratioB _hf(Sn)/B _hf(Fe) stays constant aboveT _xy and rises belowT _xy . This indicates an alignment of the transverse spins on a local scale, as was also found inAuFe and a-FeZr.     

Magnetic hyperfine field of arsenic in nickel by NMR/ON of71,72As

The magnetic hyperfine splitting frequencies of⁷¹AsNi and⁷²AsNi in a 0.11 Tesla external magnetic field have been determined by NMR/ON method as 66.00(6) MHz and 106.17(13) MHz respectively. Using the known magnetic moments of μ(⁷¹As)=1.6735(18) and μ(⁷²As)=−2.1566(3), the hyperfine fields were deduced asB _hf(⁷¹AsNi)=12.824(19) Tesla andB _hf(⁷²AsNi)=12.807(16) Tesla.     

NMR-ON measurements of187WFe,182,183,186ReNi,186ReFe and203PbFe

The magnetic hyperfine splitting frequencies of¹⁸⁷WFe,¹⁸²Re(j ^π=2⁺)Ni,¹⁸³ReNi,¹⁸⁶ReNi,¹⁸⁶ReFe and²⁰³PbFe in a zero external magnetic field have been determined by the NMR-ON method at about 7 mK as 225.56(6), 130.9(1), 98.17(4), 136.6(4), 1007.0(3) and 58.43(3) MHz, respectively. With the knowng-factors ofg(¹⁸⁶Re, 1⁻)=1.739(3) andg(²⁰³Pb, 5/2⁻)=0.27456(20), the following hyperfine fields were deduced:B _HF(¹⁸⁶ReNi)=−103.05(35) kG;B _HF(¹⁸⁶ReFe)=−759.7(13) kG;B _HF(²⁰³PbFe)=+279.18(25) kG. Taking hyperfine anomalies into account, theg-factor of¹⁸³Re was deduced as |g(¹⁸³Re, 5/2⁺)|=1.267(6). With the assumption of Knight shift factorK=0, theg-factors of¹⁸²Re and¹⁸⁷W and the hyperfine field of¹⁸⁷WFe were determined as |g(¹⁸²Re, 2⁺)|=1.63(5), |g(¹⁸⁷W, 3/2⁻)|=0.414(10) andB _HF(¹⁸⁷WFe) =−714(18) kG. The large hyperfine anomaly was deduced to be¹⁸³W Δ¹⁸⁷W =−0.124(22).     

Magnetic hyperfine field of Se in nickel measured by means of the DPAC method

The magnetic hyperfine field of Se in nickel was measured by means of the time-differential perturbed angular correlation (DPAC) technique, using the 755–250 keV γ-ray cascade fed in the decay of⁷⁷Br. A value ofB _hf(NiSe)=+15.11(35) T was obtained at room temperature. The half-life of the 250 keV state and the anisotropy of the 755–250 keV cascade were found to beT _1/2=9.68(6) ns andA ₂₂=−0.454(9), respectively.     

Kinetics of Atomic Cascade in Light Exotic Atoms

The magnetic hyperfine field B _hf for Cd in the Heusler alloy Pd₂MnSn at the site of chemically introduced Ag has been investigated by PAC following the ^– decay of ¹¹¹Ag. Sign and temperature dependence of B _hf have been determined. Comparison of the result B _hf(T=0)=+8.0(1) T with earlier data and ab-initio band structure calculations leads to the conclusion that the Ag activity has been incorporated at the Mn site.     

Temperature and pressure dependence of magnetic and electric hyperfine interactions in metallic Samarium

The magnetic and electric hyperfine interaction at¹¹¹Cd impurities in Samarium has been investigated by TDPAC measurements. The quadrupole frequency is _Q=20.0(2) MHz at 290 K and has a linear temperature dependence with the same slope (dln_Q/dT)_290K=–7.3(2) 10^–4 K^–1 in the rhombohedral and the hcp phase. The pressure dependence up to 7 kbar is (dln _Q/dT)=+8.7(1.4) 10^–3 kbar^–1. The magnetic hyperfine field of¹¹¹Cd in Sm is H_hf=242(6) kG at 4.2 K. Its temperature dependence confirms the existence of 2 different magnetic phases in Sm. The crystal field parameters B ₂ ⁰ and B ₄ ⁰ have been estimated from a comparison of H_hf(T) with molecular field models. The TDPAC spectra in the magnetic phases suggest that the impurities preferentially occupy the hexagonal Sm sites.     

Magnetic hyperfine field of K,Ca and Ti in iron

The magnetic hyperfine field for K, Ca, Ti in iron has been measured by means of time differential observation of the perturbed angular distribution of gamma rays emitted in the reactions³⁷Cl(,n)⁴⁰K,³⁹K(, p)⁴²Ca and⁴²Ca(, n)⁴⁵Ti. The valuesH _hf(0)=–66 (6)kG, –96(4) kG, –122(15) kG, respectively, were extrapolated at 0°K. In the case of calcium the presence of a satellite field was confirmed with a strength of –45(4)kG. In the case of potassium most of the implanted nuclei do not contribute to the Larmor precession.     

The radial dependence of the magnetic hyperfine field for Sn atoms in the ferromagnetic Heusler alloys

The magnetic hyperfine fields,B _hf, for impurity¹¹⁹Sn atoms in Z sites of ferromagnetic Heusler alloys Co₂MnZ (Z=Si, Ge) are measured by the Mössbauer effect. At 77 KB _hf=–1.43±0.04 T in Co₂MnSi andB _hf=+1.05±0.05 T in Co₂MnGe. From the comparison between the values ofB _hf for Sn atoms in Co₂MnZ (Z=Si, Ge, Sn), it follows that the negative contribution toB _hf drops as the interatomic distance begins to increase. This radial dependence also manifests itself in the anomalies of the temperature dependences of the hyperfine fields. The temperature anomaly is positive for Sn in Co₂MnGe and negative for Sn in Co₂MnSi.     

Nuclear magnetic resonance on oriented76,77,82Br in Fe

Nuclear magnetic resonance on oriented^76,77,82BrFe has been measured using recoil-implanted samples. The magnetic hyperfine splitting frequency of⁸²BrFe in a zero external magnetic field has been determined to be 201.90(3) MHz. The resonances of⁷⁶BrFe and⁷⁷BrFe were also observed in an external magnetic field of 0.2 T asv(⁷⁶BrFe)=340.9(3) MHz andv(⁷⁷BrFe)=403.5(2) MHz. With the known values of theg-factors, the hyperfine fields have been deduced:B _HF(⁸²BrFe)=81.397(27) T,B _HF(⁷⁶BrFe)=81.38(7) T. Theg-factor of⁷⁷Br was determined to be |0.6487(4)|.