XPS and BIS studies of CePd2Al3

✍ Scribed by S. Suga; M. Takeda; Y. Mori; N. Shino; S. Imada; H. Kitazawa

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 212 KB
• Volume: 186-188
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0921-4526
• DOI: 10.1016/0921-4526(93)90495-r

✦ Synopsis

Electronic structures of CePd2AI 3, PrPd2AI3 and SmPd2AI 3 are studied by X-ray photoemission (XPS) and inverse photoemission (BIS) spectroscopy. The rare earth atom 3d XPS spectra have shown a prominent spin-orbit doublet (3d94f ") with a shoulder in the smaller binding energy (EB) region which is ascribable to the 3d94f "+1 state. Hybridization between the 4f and conduction electron states is, however, very small. The 5d band crosses the Fermi level (EF).