Inelastic neutron scattering study of U 3Pt 3Sb 4
Abstract
Inelastic neutron scattering measurements on cubic U 3Pt 3Sb 4 reveal well-defined crystal field and spin-orbit excitations, consistent with a U 4+ 5f 2 configuration of the uranium ion. The magnetic ground state is a crystal field singlet. This may be taken as confirmatory evidence that this compound is not a Kondo insulator, but a band semiconductor.
- Publication:
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Physica B Condensed Matter
- Pub Date:
- February 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0921-4526(94)00491-D
- Bibcode:
- 1995PhyB..206..464R