Generalization of equal-module exchange magnetic classes

摘要

It is shown that in addition to equal-module exchange structures satisfying the criterion for the existence of the Andreev–Marchenko and Bar’yakhtar–Yablonskii spin scalar, other equal-module exchange structures also exist. In contrast to the structures obtained from the condition for the existence of a spin scalar, the latter follow from thermodynamic conditions and correspond to thermodynamically stable phases. Besides, these structures are not related to the restrictions imposed on the dimensionality of irreducible representation typical of the structures of the former kind. ©1998 American Institute of Physics.