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Magnetic orders induced by RKKY interaction in Tsai-type quasicrystalline approximant Au-Al-Gd

arXiv:1911.12952 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.024417

Abstract

Recent experimental study on Tsai-type quasicrystalline approximant Au-Al-Gd has revealed the presence of magnetic orders and phase transitions with changing the Au/Al concentration. Motivated by the experiment, we theoretically investigate whether a successive change of magnetic orders occurs in a minimal magnetic model including the RKKY interaction only. We find that the model induces multifarious magnetic orders depending on the Fermi wavenumber and gives a good starting point for understanding the experimental observation. In addition, we predict the presence of an undiscovered novel magnetic order called cuboc order at large Fermi wavenumber region.

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