IS VPd3 A WEAK ITINERANT FERROMAGNET?

The electronic structure and the X-ray photoemission spectrum for VPd3 were calculated using the self-consistent LMTO method. The general feature and the peak positions of the density of states were in reasonable agreement with Williams et al. Contrary to their result μs1.4μB for VPd3, the calculated Stoner parameter for VPd3 is 1.04, which indicated that VPd3 may be considered as one of the weak itinerant magnets likely. Nevertheless, a discrepancy between ours and Burmester et al., who found no evidence for magnetic ordering in VPd3 down to 1.6 K, remained to be solved.