Tricritical point from high-field magnetoelastic and metamagnetic effects in UN

Abstract Uranium nitride (UN) is one of the most studied actinide materials as it is a promising fuel for the next generation of nuclear reactors. Despite large experimental and theoretical efforts, some of the fundamental questions such as degree of 5 f–electron localization/delocalization and its...

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Main Authors: K. Shrestha, D. Antonio, M. Jaime, N. Harrison, D. S. Mast, D. Safarik, T. Durakiewicz, J.-C. Griveau, K. Gofryk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06154-7