Crystalline electric field levels of U in UPd3AN inelastic neutron scattering study

N. Shamir*, M. Melamud, H. Shaked, M. Weger

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Abstract

Experimental evidence is presented of an unambiguous observation ny neutron scattering of energy-localized excited crystalline electric-field states of an actinide ion in a metallic compound. Energy transfer lines were found in an inelastic neutron-scattering experiment using a UPd3 powder sample. These lines exhibit the following features: (a) The energies of the lines are Q independent. (b) The Q dependence of the line intensities concurs with the magnetic form factor of U4+. (c) The intensity of the line due to transitions from the ground state decreases as the temperature increases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)225-227
Number of pages3
JournalPhysica B: Physics of Condensed Matter & C: Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics, Optics
Volume94
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1978

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