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Presents information on a study that probed the development of magnetic ordering in correlated-electron uranium systems. Experimental procedure; Results and discussion; Conclusion.

Presents a study which predicted the triggering of an instability from unusual anisotropic, well-ordered, magnetism to an unstable state. Delocalization for rare earths; Key to understanding solid-state behavior in the transitional regime between localized and delocalized f-electron behavior; Approaches in building a unified phenomenological and electronic structure theory; Description of the change in behavior from CeSb to CeTe; Prediction of valence fluctuation behavior for CeN.

Presents a study that discussed the characteristics of correlated ƒ-electron systems. Techniques in the calculation of ƒ-electron systems; Properties of the systems; Degree of localization of the rare-earth monopnictides.

Presents information on a study which described a scheme for calculating the hybridization and exchange effects of magnetic ordering in correlated-electron uranium systems. Analysis of the varied electron phenomena in cerium and light actinide compounds; Methodology of the study; Results and discussion.

Focuses on the importance of all consequences of the Coulomb interaction which contribute to the two-ion interaction. Derivation of the expression for the two-ion interaction; Significance of the Thomas-Fermi theory.

Presents a study which reported on a technique involving a nonconventional electronic structure calculation based on treating the ƒ electron as a resonant state in solid-state environment to evaluate hybridization. Procedure for evaluating the hybridization; Calculation of the crystal-field level shifts and two-ion exchange interaction matrix.

Proposes a theory which organize the diverse magnetic behavior into a unified picture describable through one Hamiltonian model. Approaches used in treating the correlated f-electron systems; Concept of Kondo resonance-Kondo compensation; Key elements of the Kondo problem; Description of the atomic Hamiltonian; Information on the two-component spectrum near the Fermi level.

Presents information on a study which investigated the origins in the electronic structure and magnetic ordering on going from CeIn[sub3], a local moment antiferromagnetic system, to CePb[sub3], heavy fermion itinerant antiferromagnetic system, both of which Cu[sub3]Au crystal structure. Energy windows employed to allow coverage of various subbands; Band structure of CeIn[sub3]; Quantities arising from the band structure calculations.

Presents a study which investigated the origins in the electronic structure of the variation in magnetic behavior as the degree of 5 ƒ-electron localization changes from localized to itinerant on going up the pnictogen or chalcogen column causing uranium-uranium separation. Discussion on the magnetic properties and electronic structure of uranium monopnictides and monochalcogenides; Calculation of the band structure of uranium arsenic; Results of the linear-muffin-tin-orbital method.