Many-Body Electronic Structure of Americium Metal
- 24 January 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 96 (3), 036404
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.96.036404
Abstract
We report computer based simulations of energetics, spectroscopy, and electron-phonon interaction of americium using a novel spectral density functional method. This approach gives rise to a new concept of a many-body electronic structure and reveals the unexpected mixed valence regime of Am electrons which under pressure acquire the valence state. This explains the unique properties of Am and addresses the fundamental issue of how the localization delocalization edge is approached from the localized side in a closed shell system.
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