Photon Energy Dependent Hard X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy of YbCu2Si2

2012

We have performed photon energy ( h ν) dependent hard X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HAXPES) for YbCu 2 Si 2 , which is a heavy Fermion compound with intermediate Yb valence. We identified that the bulk components in the Si 1 s and Yb 3 d spectra develop with increasing h ν from 2.5 to 6 keV. Moreover, the temperature dependence of the Yb 3 d spectra measured at h ν= 8 keV has shown a valence fluctuation behavior. These results suggest that high h ν HAXPES is essential to determine the mean valence of the Yb compounds.