{"title":"A reassessment of 5f occupation in plutonium","authors":"JG Tobin","doi":"10.1016/j.elspec.2024.147478","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A detailed spectroscopic simulation of the original Pu N<sub>4,5</sub> and O<sub>4,5</sub> X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) has been performed. Additionally, a fundamental flaw in the Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) measurement has been corrected. Thus, the determination of the 5f occupation (n) in elemental Pu has been re-evaluated with the result that n = 5.0 ± 0.1 for αPu and n = 4.9 ± 0.2 for δPu. These values are significantly lower than the value of ∼5½ that was propagated earlier.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15726,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena","volume":"276 ","pages":"Article 147478"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0368204824000616","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"SPECTROSCOPY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A detailed spectroscopic simulation of the original Pu N4,5 and O4,5 X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) has been performed. Additionally, a fundamental flaw in the Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) measurement has been corrected. Thus, the determination of the 5f occupation (n) in elemental Pu has been re-evaluated with the result that n = 5.0 ± 0.1 for αPu and n = 4.9 ± 0.2 for δPu. These values are significantly lower than the value of ∼5½ that was propagated earlier.
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The Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena publishes experimental, theoretical and applied work in the field of electron spectroscopy and electronic structure, involving techniques which use high energy photons (>10 eV) or electrons as probes or detected particles in the investigation.