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Previous neutron scattering studies of the mixed valence state in rare earth systems [e.g., CePd3 (Ref. 1) and Ce0.74Th0.26 (Ref. 2)] failed to reveal the presence of crystal electric field (CEF) effects. In the cases studied the characteristic charge fluctuation energies were comparable to the expected CEF energies. The motivation for the present study was to design and study a system in which it is possible to systematically vary the charge fluctuation energy Ec from the regime Ec ∿ Δ to Ec ≪ Δ, where Δ is the characteristic CEF energy.
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Parks, R.D., Shapiro, S.M., Majkrzak, C.F., Grier, B.H. (1980). Energy Parameters and Crystal Field Effects in the Mixed Valence Problem: Chemically Collapsed Cerium. In: Crow, J.E., Guertin, R.P., Mihalisin, T.W. (eds) Crystalline Electric Field and Structural Effects in f-Electron Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3108-7_33
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