Published April 15, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Reexamination of the electron band structure of Tb along the ΓΔA line

  • 1. College of Engineering and Applied Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794 (United States)
  • 2. School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT (United Kingdom)
  • 3. Institute of Physics, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C (Denmark)

Description

The electron band structure of Tb metal has been reexamined by means of angle-resolved photoemission experiments on Tb(0001) samples free of Fe impurities in the surface region. Comparison of the present data with those collected from an Fe-contaminated sample shows that the presence of Fe in the surface region caused a shift of the top portion of the 6s-5d3z2-1-type Δ1 band toward larger binding energies by approximately 1 eV. The energy position of the top of the Δ1 band ( Γ4-) is -2.6 eV. The agreement with the result of the relativistic linear-muffin-tin-orbital calculation reported earlier (EΓ4-=-2.3 eV) is markedly improved

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
16
Journal Page Range
p. 8867-8872.
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMDO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24000697
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MUFFIN-TIN POTENTIAL; PHOTOEMISSION; TERBIUM
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; EMISSION; ENERGY; METALS; POTENTIALS; RARE EARTHS; SECONDARY EMISSION