Ligand and Actinide NMR Studies in Actinide Oxides and Intermetallic Compounds

In this paper we present highlights from a 6-year program of NMR/NQR/AFNMR studies carried out on both actinide and ligand nuclear spins in oxides and intermetallic compounds of the actinide elements U, Np, and Pu. We begin with the large family of actinide 115 compounds, consisting of metallic antiferromagnets, metamagnets, Pauli paramagnets, and the superconducting Pu-based systems. Short summaries are presented of 69,71 Ga NMR studies of the exotic metamagnet NpCoGa 5 , the surprisingly inhomogeneous UCoGa 5 , and the heavy-fermion “high- T c ” superconductors PuTGa 5 , T=Rh and Co. The case of microdomains in the metallic antiferromagnet UGa 3 is briefly reviewed. Next, we summarize the direct and indirect 235 U NMR studies on USb 2 and URh 3 . These are the first studies of their kind and the only studies of 235 U NMR in a metallic environment. Under the heading of actinide oxides we recap our original studies of 235 U and 17 O NMR in UO 2 , followed by a summary of our investigation of multipolar or...

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