IS VPd3 A WEAK ITINERANT FERROMAGNET?

Abstract

The electronic structure and the X-ray photoemission spectrum for VPd3 were calculated using the self-consistent LMTO method. The general feature and the peak positions of the density of states were in reasonable agreement with Williams et al. Contrary to their result μs～1.4μB for VPd3, the calculated Stoner parameter for VPd3 is 1.04, which indicated that VPd3 may be considered as one of the weak itinerant magnets likely. Nevertheless, a discrepancy between ours and Burmester et al., who found no evidence for magnetic ordering in VPd3 down to 1.6 K, remained to be solved.