The Electronic and Magnetic Properties of the USn_2 Compound

• Authors: A. Szajek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The ab initio self-consis tent calculations were performed for USn_2 compound, which crystallizes in the ZrGa_2-type structure (Cmmm space group). The tight binding linear muffin-tin orbital method in the atomic sphere approximation was used in the calculations. The spin-polarized calculations confirmed the antiferromagnetic order in the USn_2 system. The magnetic moment is predominantly located on the uranium atoms and is formed mainly by the f electrons. The three types of Sn atoms may be treated as non-magnetic.

Keywords

EN

71.20.-b; 75.25.+z

Discipline

• 71.20.-b: Electron density of states and band structure of crystalline solids

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 105
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 485-493

Dates

published

2004-05

received

2003-08-27

accepted

2004-04-20

Contributors

author

A. Szajek

• Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.105.485