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Title: Valence instability across the magnetostructural transition in USb 2

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  4. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Dept. of Physics
  5. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics

We have performed pressure-dependent x-ray diffraction and resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy experiments on USb2 to further characterize the antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic transition occurring near 8 GPa. We have found the magnetic transition coincides with a tetragonal to orthorhombic transition resulting in a 17% volume collapse as well as a transient f-occupation enhancement. Compared to UAs2 and UAsS, USb2 shows a reduced bulk modulus and transition pressure and an increased volume collapse at the structural transition. Except for an enhancement across the transition region, the f occupancy decreases steadily from 1.96 to 1.75.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; AC52- 07NA27344; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-13ER41967; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1606746
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1599686; OSTI ID: 1614754; OSTI ID: 1769144
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-772386; PRBMDO; TRN: US2104554
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 101, Issue 8; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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