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Anomalous temperature dependence of the electric-field gradient at /sup 181/Ta impurities in holmium: Influence of host 4f crystalline-field levels

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
Measurements of the electric quadrupole interaction at /sup 181/Ta impurities in paramagnetic Ho metal using time-differential perturbed angular correlations show marked deviation from the usual T/sup 3/2/ behavior. A phenomenological theory applied to this and other cases of closed-shell probes in rare-earth metals indicates that the deviation is due to the aspherical charge distribution of the host ion arising from the influence of the crystalline electric field on their unfilled 4f shells.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21228
OSTI ID:
6604192
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 41:17; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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