Magnetic and magnetothermal properties and the magnetic phase diagram of high purity single crystalline terbium along the easy magnetization direction

The magnetic and magnetothermal properties of a high purity terbium single crystal have been re-investigated from 1.5 to 350 K in magnetic fields ranging from 0 to 75 kOe using magnetization, ac magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements. The magnetic phase diagram has been refined by establishing a region of the fan-like phase broader than reported in the past, by locating a tricritical point at 226 K, and by a more accurate definition of the critical fields and temperatures associated with the magnetic phases observed in Tb.

Fermi-surface topology and helical antiferromagnetism in heavy lanthanide metals

Detailed angle-resolved photoemission studies of Tb and Dy metal in the paramagnetic phase provide direct experimental proof of the presence of nesting features in the Fermi surfaces (FS) of these heavy lanthanide (Ln) metals. The observations clearly support the hypothesis that nesting of the FS in the paramagnetic phase is responsible for the development of helical antiferromagnetic ordering in heavy Ln metals. They also show that magnetic exchange splitting of the electronic states is responsible for the disappearance of FS nesting in the ferromagnetic phases.