Electronic, magnetic and transport properties of YCo3B2 compound

We studied the electronic, magnetic and transport properties of the hexagon al YCo3B2 compound. The electronic structure was studied by X-ray photoemis sion spectroscopy and ab initio self-consistent tight binding linear muffin tin orbital method. We found a good agreement between the experimental X-r ay photoemission spectroscopy valence band spectra and theoretical calculat ions. Theoretical calculations showed that the YCo3B2 is a paramagnet in ag reement with experimental results. Electrical resistivity at low temperatur es shows a T-2 dependence, implying that the scattering by the spin fluctua ctions is dominant in this temperature range.