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Fermi surface measurements of lutetium

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.330736· OSTI ID:5585469

We report de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) measurements of the Fermi surface of lutetium at temperatures down to 0.3 K and in fields up to 150 kG in the (1010) and (1120) planes. Lutetium, having a filled 4f shell, serves as a nonmagnetic prototype of the structurally similar (hcp), trivalent, heavy rare earths from Gd to Tm. No complete frequency branches were observed, indicating that there are no closed pieces of surface. We observed all but one orbit predicted by relativistic-augmented-plane wave (RAPW) calculations of Keeton and Loucks, and the data support a geometry that is in good qualitative agreement with the existence of nested open electron and hole sheets.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
OSTI ID:
5585469
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Appl. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 53:3; ISSN JAPIA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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