de Haas--van Alphen effect and Fermi surface of lutetium

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.29.2673· OSTI ID:7064297

Johanson, W R; Crabtree, G W; Schmidt, F A

We report de Haas--van Alphen 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-earth elements from Gd to Tm. The fact that no complete frequency branches were observed indicates that there are no closed pieces of the Fermi surface. We observed all but one orbit predicted by relativistic augmented-plane-wave calculations of Keeton and Loucks and by recent spin-orbit--linearized-augmented-plane-wave calculations of Tibbetts and Harmon. The data support a geometry similar to that of yttrium, and in good qualitative agreement with energy-band theory.

• Research Organization: Materials Science and Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
• OSTI ID: 7064297
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 29:5; ISSN PRBMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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360104* -- Metals & Alloys-- Physical Properties
BAND THEORY
CRYSTAL LATTICES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CRYSTALS
DATA
DE HAAS-VAN ALPHEN EFFECT
EFFECTIVE MASS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETS
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY RANGE
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FERMI LEVEL
HCP LATTICES
HEXAGONAL LATTICES
INFORMATION
LUTETIUM
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETS
MASS
METALS
MONOCRYSTALS
NUMERICAL DATA
RARE EARTHS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
ULTRAHIGH VACUUM
ULTRALOW TEMPERATURE