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BiFeO3 (#1.1.164)

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Magnetic structure with only magnetic atoms


Reference: M Ramazanoglu, M Laver, W Ratcliff II, S M Watson, W C Chen, A Jackson, K Kothapalli, Seongsu Lee, S-W Cheong, V. Kiryukhin, Phys. Rev. Lett. (2011) 107 207206 -
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.207206
Atomic positions from: ICSD #75324

Parent space group (paramagnetic phase): R3c (#161)
Propagation vector: k1 (0.0045, 0.0045, 0.00000)

Transition Temperature: 643 K
Experiment Temperature: 293 K

Lattice parameters of the basic unit cell:
5.57750 5.57750 13.86160 90.00000 90.00000 120.00000
Transformation from parent structure: (a,b,c;0,0,0)
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Magnetic Superspace Group: Cc.1'(0,0,g)0s
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Magnetic Point Group: m.1' (4.2.10)
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Symmetry-adapted form of material tensors via

Average positions, magnetic moments and magnetic modulations of symmetry independent atoms:
From now on, magnetic atoms are in boldface and colored in red. Magnetic moments are expressed in units of μB

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Average atomic positions of symmetry independent atoms

LabelAtom typexyzMultiplicity
Fe1_1Fe0.000000.000000.00006

Magnetic moment modulation parameters of symmetry independent atoms

Wave vector 1
AtomMagnetic moment Fourier Cos coeffsMagnetic moment Fourier Sin coeffs
Symmetry constraintsNumerical valuesSymmetry constraintsNumerical values
xyzxyzxyzxyz
Fe1_1Mxcos1Mycos1Mzcos10.00.0-4.0Mxsin1Mysin1Mzsin1-4.05-3.950.0

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Active Irreps:

labeldim. small irrepdim. full irrepdirectionactionnumber of modes
mSM1 1 6 general primary 6


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