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Abstract:
The electronic structure and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD)
spectra of the Heusler alloy Co2MnGe were investigated theoretically
from first principles, using the fully relativistic Dirac linear
muffin-tin orbital band structure method. Densities of valence states,
orbital and spin magnetic moments, as well as polarization of the
electronic states at the Fermi level are analyzed and discussed. The
origin of the XMCD spectra in the Co2MnGe compound is examined. The
calculated results are compared with available experimental data. (c)
2006 American Institute of Physics.