Ab initio computational study of the electronic and magnetic properties of the HoNiZ compounds accounting for electronic correlations

Abstract

In this paper, the electronic structure and magnetic properties of the ternary intermetallics of the HoNiZ series (Z = Ga, Si, Al) is studied using the LSDA+U first-principles method. An analysis of the densities of electronic states in the compounds HoNiGa, HoNiSi, and HoNiAl with accounting for electronic correlations is performed. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.