Thermoelectric power of cerium and ytterbium intermetallics

The temperature dependence of the thermoelectric power (TEP) of metallic systems with cerium and ytterbium ions exhibits characteristic features which we explain by the Coqblin-Schrieffer model (CSM). We specify a given system by the degeneracy and splitting of the crystal-field (CF) levels, the strength of the exchange and potential scattering, and the number of f electrons or f holes; for cerium and ytterbium ions we assume {n}_{f}<~1and...