Abstract

Spin excitations in a single crystal of the Laves phase compound HoCo 2 have been studied using inelastic neutron scattering. At 4 K three modes are observable: an in-phase spin precision acoustic mode and two out-of-phase optic modes involving the rare earth spins. A self-consistent Green's function RPA theory has been used to analyze the data and obtain exchange and crystal field parameters.

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