Published January 15, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Electron momentum distribution in vanadium: Compton scattering measurements and band-structure calculation

  • 1. Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

Description

The [100], [110], and [111] Compton profiles and reciprocal form factors have been derived from Compton scattering measurements made with 60-keV 241Am γ rays on single-crystal samples of vanadium. The same quantities have also been obtained theoretically on the basis of a self-consistent linear-muffin-tin-orbital band-structure calculation, using the local-density approximation for the exchange-correlation potential. An r-space procedure was adopted to calculate the reciprocal form factor B(r) directly from the wave functions. The experimental and theoretical results are compared with previous 412-keV Compton scattering measurements and other band-structure calculations. All calculations overestimate the Compton profile anisotropies at low momenta

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
755-759
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD