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The space group corepresentations of antiferromagnetic NiO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

A. P. Cracknell
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex
S. J. Joshua
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex

Abstract

The geometry of the Brillouin zone of antiferromagnetic NiO (Cc2/c) is studied. The corepresentations of the magnetic little group are deduced for the points and lines of symmetry. The magnon symmetries are investigated and the selection ruies for two magnon electric dipole and magnetic dipole absorption are deduced.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1969

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