By using a relativistic linear augmented-plane-wave method, we clarify energy band structures and Fermi surfaces of recently discovered plutonium-based superconductor PuCoGa5. We find several cylindrical sheets of Fermi surfaces with large volume, very similar to CeMIn5 (M=Ir and Co) isostructural with PuCoGa5, in spite of different f-electron numbers between Ce3+ and Pu3+ ions. The similarity is understood by a concept of electron-hole conversion in a tight binding model constructed based on the j-j coupling scheme. Based on the present results, we provide a possible scenario to explain why a transition temperature is so high as 18.5K in PuCoGa5.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0212033,
title = {Electronic Structure and Fermiology of PuCoGa$_5$},
author = {Takahiro Maehira and Takashi Hotta and Kazuo Ueda and Akira Hasegawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0212033},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, Revtex, with 4 figures embedded in the text. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett