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Electronic structure of the uranium monostannide USn
Author(s) -
Szajek A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200301726
Subject(s) - orthorhombic crystal system , uranium , tin , electronic structure , crystallography , chemistry , group (periodic table) , space (punctuation) , spin (aerodynamics) , structure type , crystal structure , condensed matter physics , atomic physics , materials science , computational chemistry , physics , metallurgy , computer science , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , operating system
The uranium monostannide USn crystallizes in the orthorhombic ThIn‐type structure (Pbcm space group) in which the uranium and tin atoms each occupy three crystallographic positions. The electronic structure of USn compound has been studied using spin‐polarized tight binding version of the linear muffin‐tin orbital method in the atomic sphere approximation (TB LMTO ASA). The calculations showed that all three types of uranium atoms are magnetically ordered and their moments depend on local environments.