Photoemission evidence for valence fluctuations and Kondo resonance in YbAl 2

Masaharu Matsunami; Ashish Chainani; Munetaka Taguchi; Ritsuko Eguchi; Yasutaka Takata; Masaki Oura; Makina Yabashi; Kenji Tamasaku; Yoshinori Nishino; Tetsuya Ishikawa; Masashi Kosaka; Shik Shin

doi:10.1143/JPSJ.81.073702

Photoemission evidence for valence fluctuations and Kondo resonance in YbAl ₂

Masaharu Matsunami, Ashish Chainani, Munetaka Taguchi, Ritsuko Eguchi, Yasutaka Takata, Masaki Oura, Makina Yabashi, Kenji Tamasaku, Yoshinori Nishino, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Masashi Kosaka, Shik Shin

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Abstract

We use hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HAXPES) to investigate the electronic structure of YbAl ₂, for which the Yb valence has not been consistently reported to date. The bulk sensitivity and the analytical simplicity provided by the Yb 3d core-level HAXPES allow a reliable determination of the mean valence of Yb ions. For YbAl ₂, it is evaluated to be +2.20, which remains nearly unchanged below 300 K. The Kondo resonance peak with an extremely high Kondo temperature (above 2000 K) is clearly identified in the valence-band spectra. The results indicate that a coherent Kondo state can be robust even in a nearly divalent system.

Original language	English
Article number	073702
Journal	journal of the physical society of japan
Volume	81
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.81.073702
Publication status	Published - Jul 2012

Keywords

HAXPES
Photoemission spectroscopy
Valence fluctuation
YbAl

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Physics and Astronomy(all)

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