Electronic structure and magnetic and transport properties of single-crystalline UN

The electronic structure (both valence band and 4f core level spectra) of the cubic monocompound UN in the paramagnetic state was studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The experimental results are compared with the results of calculations employing full-potential local-orbital minimum-basis full relativistic method with the spin-orbit coupling included implicitly. The molar susceptibility of a single crystal of antiferromagnetic UN (T-N=51 K) is reported along three main crystallographic directions between 1.9 and 300 K. The observed magnetic characteristics are in agreement with previous studies. The observed small anisotropy in the ordered region is discussed. Results of electronic structure, magnetoresistivity, thermoelectric power, and thermal conductivity as studied on single-crystalline specimens are given and discussed from the viewpoint of dual and spin-density-wave-like character of the 5f electrons.