Element specific insight into hysteresis (B05)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 405553726

The element specific hysteresis, the local geometry, the electronic and the vibrational structure will be studied in new magnetocaloric materials. Our new ULMAG-setup at the ESRF at the beamline ID12 (projects A03, A10, B01, B05) provides an element-specific way to investigate the role of external stimuli (magnetic field, strain, pressure) with element-specificity to drive the phase transitions in magnetocaloric materials. Transformation avalanches on demand will be triggered by these external (dynamic) stimuli. The experimental results will be compared to calculations (project B06) and measurements in projects A04, B01, B02, B03, B04, B06, B08, B12.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 270: Hysteresis Design of Magnetic Materials for Efficient Energy Conversion: HoMMage
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Darmstadt
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Heiko Wende