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and it may be described by a few interplanar coupling parameters of the
type used for other two-ion interactions. Cohen and Keffer (1955) have
calculated the q -dependence for the three cubic Bravais lattices, and
their results also determine approximately D αβ ( q ), with q along the c -
axis, in the hcp lattice with the ideal c/a -ratio, since this is equivalent to
q along a (111)-direction in the fcc crystal. In the distorted case, with
c/a =0 . 963 8 / 3 (corresponding to Ho), a numerical calculation gives
= 0 . 9190 + 0 . 0816 cos ( qc/ 2)
0 . 0006 cos ( qc ) 4 π
3
D ξξ ( q )+0 . 0221 4 π
3
when q
10 /L , so that the q -dependence in the c -
direction is very weak, exceptforthejumpatsmall q , which is illustrated
for the example of Ho in Fig. 5.7.
In a uniform ferromagnet, the demagnetization factor leads to a pos-
itive contribution to the internal energy. Without any external applied
c -axis and q
Fig. 5.7. Parallel and perpendicular components of the Fourier trans-
form, for q along the c -direction, of the two-ion coupling in Ho, deduced
from the spin-wave energies. The coupling is assumed to comprise an
isotropic indirect-exchange contribution and the classical dipole-dipole
interaction, which gives rise to the discontinuity at q = 0 in the parallel
component, and stabilizes the cone structure at low temperatures.
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