Jan KunesĖ
a,b, , Warren E. Picketta
a
Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616, USA
b
Institute of Physics, AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract
Using ab initio electronic structure calculations employing the LDA+U method we have investigated the exchange
coupling in materials containing Eu in Eu2+ formal valency including: (i) insulating ferromagnets (EuO, EuS, EuSe,
EuTe), and (ii) elemental metal BCC Eu. The total energies calculated with constrained magnetic structures were
mapped on the Heisenberg Hamiltonian in order to investigate the thermodynamic properties. The mechanisms of
inter-site exchange, which differ between the studied systems, are discussed.
2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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