Temperature and magnetic field dependences of the elastic constants of Ni-Mn-Al magnetic Heusler alloys

Xavier Moya, Lluis Manosa, Antoni Planes +5

We report on measurements of the adiabatic second order elastic constants of the off-stoichiometric Ni${}_{54}$Mn${}_{23}$Al${}_{23}$ single crystalline Heusler alloy. The variation in t…