Abstract
We observed de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) oscillation in a paramagnetic plutonium compound, PuIn 3 . In the present paper, we report the first observation of dHvA effect in plutonium compounds. One detected dHvA branch named γ corresponds to a closed band-27 electron Fermi surface, where three kinds of closed Fermi surfaces are calculated on the basis of the 5f -itinerant band model. The cyclotron mass of branch γ was determined as 4.8 m 0 . The dHvA signals are found to be extremely reduced as a function of time due to point defects produced by α-decay of 239 Pu.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2889-2892 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | journal of the physical society of japan |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Nov 1 |
Keywords
- Energy band calculation
- Fermi surface
- PuIn
- dHvA
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)