ELECTRONIC AND SPIN STRUCTURE OF UTE

A self-consistent cellular multiple-scattering technique is used to calculate the density of states of uranium telluride. The 5f band is found to be highly polarized and energetically localized although presenting enough itinerant character to keep its position at the Fermi level. The material shows a coupling between the 5f and 6d states. This interaction explains the observed negative spin polarization from photoelectrons up to 7 eV above the photothreshold. © 1979 The American Physical Society.