Pressure-Resistant Intermediate Valence in the Kondo Insulator SmB6

Butch, Nicholas P.; Paglione, Johnpierre; Chow, Paul; Xiao, Yuming; Marianetti, Chris A.; Booth, Corwin H.; Jeffries, Jason R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.156401

Title: Pressure-Resistant Intermediate Valence in the Kondo Insulator ${SmB}_{6}$

Journal Article · Wed Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.156401· OSTI ID:1379284

Butch, Nicholas P. ^[1]; Paglione, Johnpierre ^[2]; Chow, Paul ^[3]; Xiao, Yuming ^[3]; Marianetti, Chris A. ^[4]; Booth, Corwin H. ^[5]; Jeffries, Jason R. ^[6]

Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States); National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Argonne, IL (United States)
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy was used to determine the pressure dependence of the f-electron occupancy in the Kondo insulator SmB₆. Applied pressure reduces the f occupancy, but surprisingly, the material maintains a significant divalent character up to a pressure of at least 35 GPa. Thus, the closure of the resistive activation energy gap and onset of magnetic order are not driven by stabilization of an integer valent state. In conclusion, over the entire pressure range, the material maintains a remarkably stable intermediate valence that can in principle support a nontrivial band structure.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; NA0001974; FG02-99ER45775; AC02-06CH11357; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1379284

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1247246

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 15; ISSN 0031-9007

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