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The electronic and magnetic properties of Pu monopnictides and monochalcogenides, PuX (X = N, P, As, Sb, Bi, O, S, Se, Te, Po), are studied using the ab initio>"> self-interaction-corrected local spin-density approximation. This approach allows for an integer number of f-states to be localized, while the remaining f-electron degrees of freedom are available for band formation. By varying the relative proportions of localized and delocalized f-states, the energetically most favourable (groundstate) configuration can be established. We show that the experimental data can be interpreted in terms of the coexistence of both localized and delocalized f-states.
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Petit, L., Svane, A., Temmerman, W. et al. Electronic structure of Pu monochalcogenides and monopnictides. Eur. Phys. J. B 25, 139–146 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e20020016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e20020016