Short-range order above the Curie temperature in the dynamic spin-fluctuation theory

Abstract

Based on the dynamic spin-fluctuation theory, we study the spin-density correlations in the ferromagnetic metals. We obtain computational formulae for the correlation function and correlation radius in different approximations of the theory. Using these formulae, we calculate the magnetic short-range order above the Curie temperature in bcc Fe. Results of the calculation confirm our theoretical prediction that the inverse correlation radius increases linearly with temperature for T sufficiently large. The calculated short-range order is small but sufficient to correctly describe neutron scattering experiments. A considerable amount of the short-range order is shown to persist up to temperatures much higher than the Curie temperature.