Abstract
The core-polarization contributions to spin density in cadmium have been obtained using the moment-perturbed (MP) procedure and leads to increases of 10 and 17% in the isotropic Knight shift () and the relaxation rate at 0°K. The core-polarization effect is dominated by the part of the wave functions of the conduction electrons on the Fermi surface, and therefore produces only a small departure (1.8%) of the Korringa ratio, . Additionally, the small importance of the -type core polarization indicates that the component of the conduction-electron wave function has no significant influence on the Knight shift. A comparison of our theoretical results for and leads to empirical enhancement factors of and , which are factors 1.6 and 2.4 larger than the predictions from the current-exchange enhancement theories for susceptibility. Possible sources for the origin of this discrepancy are discussed.
- Received 11 August 1969
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.1.1160
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