Abstract
Hyperfine fields of impurities of the atomic number Z=1–56 at the substitutional site and those of light impurities of Z=1–9 at the interstitial sites in ferromagnetic iron are calculated by the KKR method adapted to the system containing a single impurity atom. The potential of the impurity atom is determined self-consistently by use of the local spin density functional formalism. The results for nonmagnetic sp valence impurities agree with those of the previous nonself-consistent calculation by Katayama-Yoshida, Terakura and Kanamori except for a few cases, confirming their theory of the systematic variation of hyperfine fields. The calculation for magnetic impurities of transition elements is presented for the first time in this paper. The calculations mentioned so far assume that impurities are situated at the center of each site. For the purpose of discussing the stability of the impurity positions, the change of the adiabatic potential due to displacements from the center is calculated by carrying out similar self-consistent calculations for off-center impurity positions. It is concluded that positive muon and some light impurities including boron will be displaced from the center when trapped in a vacancy.
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