title: Strong coupling approach to actinide metals.
abstract: We present a strongly correlated approach to the electronic structure of actinide metals by deriving a low-energy Hamiltonian H[over] under the assumption that kinetic energy is small compared to Coulomb and spin-orbit interactions. The H[over]Pu for Pu metal is similar to the models used for Ce and other lanthanides but qualitatively different from the H[over] presented for the rest of the actinides. With H[over]Pu, we computed the photoemission spectrum and specific heat for alpha and delta-Pu and found good agreement with experiment.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gubernatis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Durakiewicz
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Joyce