Generalized susceptibility and magnetic ordering in rare-earth nickel boride carbides.

Abstract

The generalized susceptibility for rare-earth nickel boride carbides has been calculated using the normal-state electronic structure. Peaks in the susceptibility occur near wave vectors corresponding to those observed for the incommensurate spin density waves in ${\mathrm{HoNi}}_{2}$${\mathrm{B}}_{2}$C between approximately 4.7 and 6.0 K [A. I. Goldman et al., Phys. Rev. B 50, 9668 (1994)].