On the electronic structure of LaAg and LaZn (magnetic susceptibility and Knight shift)

Abstract
The temperature dependence of the susceptibility and the La Knight shift for LaAg and LaZn (CsCl structure) is reported (10-280K) and discussed. Resistance measurements performed on LaZn between 4 and 300K exclude a structural phase transition in this range. It is shown that a general picture of the electronic structures can be formed on the basis of published APW calculations. The relation of these results to properties of the corresponding magnetic compounds (GdAg and GdZn) is mentioned.