Electronic structure of transition metal and rare earth ions in complex materials by resonant core-level spectroscopies

Carleschi, Emanuela

Electronic structure of transition metal and rare earth ions in complex materials by resonant core-level spectroscopies

Carleschi, Emanuela

2009-03-16

http://hdl.handle.net/10077/3061

Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

In the course of this thesis I present an experimental investigation into various strongly correlated transition metal and rare earth compounds using core-level spectroscopic techniques, which have augmented the understanding of the electronic properties of these different systems. I will discuss the orbital occupation and the symmetry of the states near the Fermi level, responsible for the variety of ground states shown by a variety of strongly correlated systems such as misfit cobaltates, strontium ruthenates, metallic manganese and rare earth compounds.