A study of magnetism in disordered Pt-Mn, Pd-Mn and Ni-Mn alloys: an augmented space recursion approach.

In this paper we shall study three binary alloy systems, one constituent of which is Mn. The other constituents are chosen from a particular column of the periodic table: Ni(3d), Pt (4d) and Pd (5d). As we go down the column, the d-bands become wider, discouraging spin-polarization.