Using
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Co
emission Mössbauer technique, we present clear evidence that in Ca-doped manganite, the magnetic and paramagnetic phases coexist below
T
C
,
with the abundance of the latter increasing with temperature. In contrast with the regular ferromagnetic materials, the variation of the hyperfine internal magnetic field
H
int
with temperature deviates considerably from the Brillouin relation, and exhibits an abrupt drop at
T
C
.
These features characterize the magnetic transition as a first-order transition. The non-Brillouin behavior of
H
int
(T)
and the temperature dependence of the shape of the magnetically split sextet indicate the presence of spin fluctuations in this material well below
T
C
.