Electron spectroscopy study of the heavy Fermion compound URu 2 Si 2

Abstract We report x-ray photoemission, resonant photoemission and bremsstrahlung isochromat spectra of the 4f core levels, the valence band and the conduction band, respectively, of the heavy fermion compound URu 2 Si 2 . The resonant photoemission behavior of the uranium 5f weight resembles that of cerium 4f weight in that the portion away from the Fermi energy has a delayed resonance relative to that at the Fermi energy. We also assess current efforts to interpret uranium spectra.