Spin chirality of polycrystalline MnSi, or, difficult way from rumours to the solid ground

Dyadkin, V.A.; Grigoriev, S.V.; Menzel, D.; Moskvin, E.V.; Maleyev, S.V.; Eckerlebe, H.

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Spin chirality of polycrystalline MnSi, or, difficult way from rumours to the solid ground

Abstract

Six different polycrystalline samples of MnSi were produced as a rapidly frozen melt after the single crystal growth in the Czochralski process. With the help of small-angle scattering of polarized neutrons we show that the magnetic spin chirality being scanned along the sample length oscillates strongly on a scale of 2–3 mm, revealing the volumes of the samples with high degree of an enantiomeric excess. The average chirality of the samples deviates from zero value.

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URL: https://publications.hereon.de/id/29887/
Authors:Dyadkin, V.A., Grigoriev, S.V., Menzel, D., Moskvin, E.V., Maleyev, S.V., Eckerlebe, H.
Year:2011
In: Physica B
Volume:406
Issue:12
Pages:2385 - 2388
Publisher:Elsevier
Type:Journalpaper
ISSN: 0921-4526
Cite as: Dyadkin, V.A.; Grigoriev, S.V.; Menzel, D.; Moskvin, E.V.; Maleyev, S.V.; Eckerlebe, H.: Spin chirality of polycrystalline MnSi, or, difficult way from rumours to the solid ground. In: Physica B. Vol. 406 (2011) 12, 2385 - 2388. (DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2010.11.023)