Magnetic susceptibility of cerium: An LDA+DMFT study

The magnetic properties of Ce in the α and γ phase are calculated within the local-density approximation and dynamical mean-field theory (LDA+DMFT) approach. The magnetic susceptibility in these two phases shows a similar behavior over a wide temperature range: a Curie-Weiss law at high temperatures, indicating the presence of local moments, followed by a maximum in a crossover regime, and a saturation characteristic of a state with screened local moments at low temperature. The difference in experimentally observable magnetic properties is caused by the shift of the susceptibility to higher temperatures in the α phase compared to the γ phase. © 2012 American Physical Society