Electronic structure investigation of GdNi using X-ray absorption, magnetic circular dichroism and hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

C. W. Chuang, H. J. Lin, F. M. F. de Groot +8

GdNi is a ferrimagnetic material with a Curie temperature Tc = 69 K which exhibits a large magnetocaloric effect, making it useful for magnetic refrigerator applications. We invest…