The fundamental interaction between the neutron dipolar field and the magnetization density surrounding the scattering ion, lies at the heart of magnetic neutron diffraction. However, if the ion resides in an environment which breaks both time and spatial inversion symmetry, the current formalism for magnetic diffraction does not fully account for all the possible scattering mechanisms arising...
To identify commonalities and differences we will compare the unusual microscopic magnetisation of some rare-earth- and actinide-based intermetallic compounds with exotic electronic quantum properties. To this end, we revisited previous results obtained from polarised neutron diffraction for Flipper 2024.
For the intermediate valance compound YbAl3 the field induced magnetic moment is...
