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Figure 5

From: Complex magnetic properties associated with competing local and itinerant magnetism in \({\text {Pr}}_2 {\text {Co}}_{0.86} {\text {Si}}_{2.88}\)

Figure 5

2D-view of \({\text {Pr}}_2 {\text {CoSi}}_3\) structure belonging to \({\text {AlB}}_2\)-type crystal structure by considering a \(2a \times 2b \times c\) supercell. The angle between a- and b-axis, as presented in the figure, is \(60^{\circ }\). Depending on the relative positions of Co and Si atoms, six different configurations are allowed. The configuration I, belonging to the \({\text {U}}_2 {\text {RuSi}}_3\)-type superstructure, is found to be energetically most stable. The spin rotation angles around the a-axis are also displayed along with the respective atomic symbols.

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