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86 Chapter 6. Substitution and Temperature Dependence <strong>of</strong> the Conduction ...<br />

at about − 10 meV than at EF in the FD-function-divided spectra might lead one<br />

to doubt the calibration <strong>of</strong> the temperature, the Gauss width, and/or the background<br />

signal which is caused by excitation <strong>of</strong> the satellite resonance lines. Therefore, we have<br />

deduced the spectral DOS <strong>of</strong> LuB12 using another method as shown in Fig. 6.7; where<br />

we have reversed the energy scale <strong>of</strong> a spectrum with respect to EF and added it to the<br />

original spectrum [6.10]. For this method, precise information about the measurement<br />

temperature and the instrumental resolution is not needed3 while asymmetry between<br />

the occupied and unoccupied states is neglected. This analysis has revealed again<br />

the increase in the spectral DOS with temperature between EF and − 100 meV and<br />

the strongest temperature dependence occurring at ∼−10 meV rather than at EF .<br />

Nevertheless, the temperature dependence <strong>of</strong> the spectral DOS <strong>of</strong> LuB12 and that <strong>of</strong><br />

YbB12 is qualitatively different: The sharp depression <strong>of</strong> the DOS at EF is present in<br />

YbB12 but is absent in LuB12.<br />

DOS<br />

LuB 12<br />

YbB 12<br />

300 K<br />

7 K<br />

300 K<br />

7 K<br />

-150 -100 -50 0<br />

Energy relative to E F (meV)<br />

Figure 6.7: Temperature-dependent spectral DOS deduced by adding the photoemission<br />

spectra and “reversed” spectra. For each sample, T = 7 K (thick curve), 75 K, 150 K,<br />

225 K, and 300 K from bottom.<br />

3 Also, the slope <strong>of</strong> the background is cancelled in this method.

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