Observation of an intermediate phase in dysprosium near the Neel point by neutron diffraction
Bessergenev V. G., Gogava V. V., Kovalevskaya Yu. A., Mandzhavidze A. G., Fedorov V. M., Shilo S. I.
The magnetic structure of dysprosium near the point of magnetic disordering has been studied as a function of the thermal history of the sample by neutron diffraction. An intermediate vortex phase appears during cooling from the paramagnetic phase and then converts into a helicoidal phase.