Abstract
High-resolution photoemission measurements using synchrotron radiation are presented for the body-centered-tetragonal superconducting pseudoternary system Y( covering the range of composition 0.10≤x≤0.90. The superconducting phase diagram determined down to 4 mK reproduces the sharp drop in the superconducting critical temperature for x>, which is characteristic for this class of compound. No superconductivity was observed for the sample with x=0.70, whereas the sample with x=0.90 became superconducting again at =140 mK. From a comparison between the valence-band spectra near the Fermi level and band-structure calculations by Jarlborg et al. for the related compounds M with M=Y, Gd, Ho, Er, and Lu, we conclude that a shift of to lower energies with increasing x is the underlying mechanism for the (x) behavior. In our previous study on Ho(, for which supplementary data are also presented, the same features were observed. Our measurements indicate that hybridization effects upon alloying Ru for Rh cannot explain the observed behavior of .
- Received 18 March 1985
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.32.2895
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