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Electronic correlations of element cerium under high pressure

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2018-11-02 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

The electronic structures of element cerium under high pressure remain unclear all the time. We tried to calculate the electronic structures of α\alpha', α"\alpha", and ϵ\epsilon-Ce which only exist in the presence of pressure, by using the combination of traditional density functional theory and single-site dynamical mean-field theory. The momentum-resolved band structures, total and partial density of states, 4ff electronic configurations of these phases were exhaustively studied. We found that the 4ff electrons tend to be itinerant, and the hybridizations between the 4ff and spdspd conduction electrons are remarkable. In addition, the fluctuations among the 4ff atomic eigenstates are prominent, especially for the ϵ\epsilon phase, which leads to a slight modification of its 4ff occupancy.

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@article{arxiv.1701.00604,
  title  = {Electronic correlations of element cerium under high pressure},
  author = {Haiyan Lu and Li Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.00604},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages, 6 figures