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钚的5 $f$电子结构的性质

Nature of the 5$f$ electronic structure of plutonium

Li Huang, Haiyan Lu

摘要:

钚(Pu)的5个$f$价电子总是在定域态和巡游态的边界上徘徊,具有相当复杂的晶体结构和前所未有的温度和合金化反常性质。了解它的化学和物理性质,特别是它的5 $f$电子结构是凝聚态理论的中心和未解决的课题之一。本文采用密度泛函理论和单格位动力学平均场理论相结合的方法,对Pu的六种同素异形体(包括$α$、$β$、$γ$、$δ$、$δ'$和$ε$相)在常压下的电子结构进行了全面的研究.详细研究了它们的能带结构、总态密度和分态密度、价态直方图、5 $f$轨道占位、X射线分支比和自能函数。Pu的$α$、$β$和$γ$相是典型的Racah金属,在费米能级附近原子的多重效应占主导地位。计算结果表明,不仅$δ$相,而且六种同素异形体都是典型的混合价金属,具有显著的原子本征态涨落。因此,5 $f$占有率$n_{5f}$约为5.1 $\sim$ 5.4,其相对于Pu的原子体积和电子相关强度而变化。Pu的5 $f$电子关联具有中等的轨道依赖性。此外,在$δ'$相中的5个$f$电子是最相关和最局域化的。

英文摘要:

Plutonium (Pu), in which the 5$f$ valence electrons always wander the boundary between localized and itinerant states, exhibits quite complex crystal structures and unprecedentedly anomalous properties with respect to temperature and alloying. Understanding its chemical and physical properties, especially its 5$f$ electronic structure is one of the central and unsolved topics in condensed matter theory. In the present work, the electronic structures of the six allotropes of Pu (including its $α$, $β$, $γ$, $δ$, $δ'$, and $ε$ phases) at ambient pressure are studied comprehensively by means of the density functional theory in combination with the single-site dynamical mean-field theory. The band structures, total and partial density of states, valence state histograms, 5$f$ orbital occupancies, X-ray branching ratios, and self-energy functions are carefully studied. It is suggested that the $α$, $β$, and $γ$ phases of Pu are typical Racah metals in which the atomic multiple effect dominates near the Fermi level. The calculated results reveal that not only the $δ$ phase, but also all the six allotropes are archetypal mixed-valence metals with remarkable atomic eigenstate fluctuation. In consequence of that, the 5$f$ occupancy $n_{5f}$ is around 5.1 $\sim$ 5.4, which varies with respect to the atomic volume and electronic correlation strength of Pu. The 5$f$ electronic correlation in Pu is moderately orbital-dependent. Moreover, the 5$f$ electrons in the $δ'$ phase are the most correlated and localized.

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