Spin and Orbital Magnetism in UH2 Thin Films Studied by X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism

Evgenia A. Tereshina-Chitrova, Mykhaylo Paukov, Oleksandra Koloskova +8

Uranium dihydride UH2 is a metastable phase unknown in bulk form but accessible through thin-film synthesis. We prepared UH2 films by reactive dc sputtering on CaF2(001) or Si(001)…