f-Electron Behavior in Rare Earth Based Systems: Localization or Itinerancy?

• Authors: M. Biasini , J. Rusz , G. Ferro , A. Czopnik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Measurement of the two-dimensional angular correlation of the electron-positron annihilation radiation complemented with ab initio calculations can provide decisive information about the character of the f-electrons in rare earth compounds. We provide examples of f-electron localized and f-electron itinerant systems, respectively. (i) In the case of the antiferromagnetic heavy fermion and superconductor CeIn_3 the multisheet Fermi surface, reconstructed from our measurements in the paramagnetic phase, agrees closely with the predictions of band structure calculations regarding the Ce 4f electrons as fully localized. (ii) On the other hand, our studies of the antiferromagnet actinide based UGa_3 in the paramagnetic phase, compared with calculations which include the effects due to the non-uniform positron density and the electron-positron correlations, produce a substantial evidence that an unconstrained 5f-electron itinerant description applies.

Keywords

EN

71.18.+y; 71.27.+a; 78.70.Bj

Discipline

• 78.70.Bj: Positron annihilation(for positron states, see 71.60.+z in electronic structure of bulk materials; for positronium chemistry, see 82.30.Gg in physical chemistry and chemical physics)
• 71.27.+a: Strongly correlated electron systems; heavy fermions
• 71.18.+y: Fermi surface: calculations and measurements; effective mass, g factor

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 107
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 554-561

Dates

published

2005-04

received

2004-09-20

Contributors

author

M. Biasini

• ENEA, Via Don Fiammelli 2, 40129 Bologna, Italy
• Department of Physics, University of California Riverside, Riverside CA 92521, USA

author

J. Rusz

• ENEA, Via Don Fiammelli 2, 40129 Bologna, Italy
• Department of Electronic Structures, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic

author

G. Ferro

• ENEA, Via Don Fiammelli 2, 40129 Bologna, Italy

author

A. Czopnik

• Trzebiatowski Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, P.O. Box 937, Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.107.554