Electronic Properties of CeNiAl₄ Based on ab initio Calculations and XPS Measurements

• Authors: M. Werwiński , G. Chełkowska , A. Szajek , A. Kowalczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The CeNiAl₄ compound crystallizes in an orthorhombic YNiAl₄-type structure with a Cmcm space group. The earlier susceptibility data and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) suggested a localized character of the 4f states in CeNiAl₄ with a valence state close to a Ce⁺³ ion. In this work we present a combined theoretical and experimental study of the electronic structure for the Kondo dense system CeNiAl₄ based on the XPS data and ab initio calculations. Using the band structure calculations the theoretical XPS valence band spectra are evaluated. Below the Fermi energy the total density of states contains mainly 3d states of Ni hybridized with Ce 4f states.

Keywords

EN

71.20.b   74.25.Jb  

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 133
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 517-519

Dates

published

2018-03

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.133.517