Abstract
A theoretical investigation of various electronic contributions to the electric field gradient in hcp magnesium has been carried out. The dominant contribution comes from the anisotropic filling of the space and is therefore a Fermi-volume effect. In contrast, the contribution associated with the distortion of the Fermi surface by the component of the lattice potential is found to be extremely small. The total electronic contribution is and antishields the lattice contribution of .
- Received 21 August 1972
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.7.975
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