Reply to “Comment on ‘Magnetic structure and magnetization of z -axis helical Heisenberg antiferromagnets with XY anisotropy in high magnetic fields transverse to the helix axis at zero temperature’ ”

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The Comment criticizes the assumptions of the model I used. I was aware of the limitations of my model. However, my model is useful for fitting high-field magnetization versus transverse-field data for real helical Heisenberg antiferromagnets at temperatures much lower than their Néel temperatures and estimating their critical fields. To my knowledge, there existed no prior theory that could fit such experimental data over the entire field range of experiments. I welcome that the Comment calls for more accurate theory.

Molecular-field-theory fits to magnetic susceptibilities of antiferromagnetic GdCu2Si2, CuO, LiCrO2, and alpha-CaCr2O4 single crystals below their Neel temperatures

“…The compound GdNiGe 3 crystallizes in an orthorhombic structure with space group Cmmm with lattice parameters a = 4.0551 (2), b = 21.560(2), c = 4.0786 (7) Å [19,20]. The Gd sublattice consists of slightly orthorhombically distorted square lattices in the ac plane that are stacked along the b axis.…”

“…Subsequent papers discussed the influences of various anisotropies on the predictions of the MFT, including magnetic-dipole anisotropy [3], anisotropy arising from a classical anisotropy field H A [4], and quantummechanical uniaxial anisotropy [5]. The T = 0 phase diagrams in the H x -H A plane for helices with different turn angles in magnetic fields H x applied transverse to the z-axis helix wave vector with both infinite [5] and finite [6,7] classical XY anisotropy fields were also obtained. Some of these results were utilized to fit highfield magnetization data for single crystals of the helical antiferromagnet EuCo 2 P 2 [5,6] and the collinear antiferromagnet CaCo 1.86 As 2 [8].…”

Molecular-field-theory fits to magnetic susceptibilities of antiferromagnetic GdCu2Si2, CuO, LiCrO2, and α-CaCr2O4 single crystals below their Néel temperatures

“…Subsequent papers discussed the influences of various anisotropies on the predictions of the MFT, including magnetic-dipole anisotropy [3], anisotropy arising from a classical anisotropy field H A [4], and quantummechanical uniaxial anisotropy [5]. The T = 0 phase diagrams in the H x -H A plane for helices with different turn angles in magnetic fields H x applied transverse to the z-axis helix wave vector with both infinite [5] and finite [6,7] classical XY anisotropy fields were also obtained. Some of these results were utilized to fit highfield magnetization data for single crystals of the helical antiferromagnet EuCo 2 P 2 [5,6] and the collinear antiferromagnet CaCo 1.86 As 2 [8].…”