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arXiv 2007.10728cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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高压下固体钆结构中s-f相变的不存在

Non-existence of the s-f transition in structures of solid gadolinium at pressure

Qingchen Li, Hossein Ehteshami, Keith Munro, Malcolm I McMahon, Graeme J. Ackland

摘要:

长期以来,人们一直认为钆经历高压相变,体积塌陷约为5%。理论解释集中在电子从扩展的s轨道转移到紧凑的f轨道的想法。然而,实验测量一直无法检测到f电子的磁性的任何相关变化。在这里,我们解决了这个矛盾,表明没有显着的体积塌陷,超出了典型的高压相变。我们目前的密度泛函理论计算的固体钆在高压下使用的一系列方法,并使用X射线衍射(XRD)的实验情况进行了重新审视。再现了标准的镧系元素压力转换序列,包括密堆积平面的不同堆叠:hcp到9 R到dhcp到fcc到d-fcc。所谓的“体积塌陷”的高压相被证明是一个不寻常的堆积紧密的平面,Fddd对称性和密度变化小于2%。扭曲的面心立方(d-fcc)结构被揭示为反铁磁性的结果。的理论结果被证明是非常强大的各种治疗的f-电子。关键的结果是没有XRD证据表明钆中存在体积塌陷。相变的序列由标准DFT很好地描述。不需要对f-电子进行特殊处理,也不需要f-电子成键的证据。注意到以前的光谱证据是f-电子没有变化,我们得出结论,高压钆没有复杂的f-电子物理,如Mott-Hubbard,Kondo或价跃迁。

英文摘要:

Gadolinium has long been believed to undergo a high pressure phase transition with a volume collapse around 5%. Theoretical explanations have focused on the idea of electrons transferring from the extended s-orbital to the compact f-orbital. However, experimental measurement has been unable to detect any associated change in the magnetic properties of the f-electrons. Here we resolve this discrepancy by showing that there is no significant volume collapse, beyond what is typical in high pressure phase transformations. We present density functional theory calculations of solid gadolinium under high pressure using a range of methods, and revisit the experimental situation using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The standard lanthanide pressure-transformation sequence involving different stackings of close-packed planes: hcp to 9R to dhcp to fcc to d-fcc is reproduced. The so-called "volume collapsed" high-pressure phase is shown to be an unusual stacking of close-packed planes, with Fddd symmetry and a density change less than 2%. The distorted fcc (d-fcc) structure is revealed to arise as a consequence of antiferromagnetism. The theoretical results are shown to be remarkably robust to various treatments of the f-electrons. The key result is that there is no XRD evidence for volume collapse in Gadolinium. The sequence of phase transitions is well described by standard DFT. There is no need for special treatment of the f-electrons or evidence of f-electron bonding. Noting previous spectroscopic evidence is that there is no change in the f-electrons we conclude that high pressure Gadolinium has no complicated f-electron physics such as Mott-Hubbard, Kondo or valence transition.

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