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Positron annihilation studies of the f-electron character in actinides
1Department of Electronic Structures, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Physical Review Letters
|November 5, 2004
Abstract:
Measurement of the angular correlation of the electron-positron annihilation radiation complemented with ab initio calculations can provide decisive information about the character of f electrons in actinide compounds. Our studies of the antiferromagnet UGa3 in the paramagnetic phase produce substantial evidence that an unconstrained f-electron itinerant description applies.
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