The UCo4B compound crystallizes in the hexagonal CeCo4B-type structure, spa
ce-group P6/mmm. The electronic structure has been studied by combining X-r
ay photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) results with those obtained in the band
structure calculations. The latter was carried out by using the self-consi
stent tight binding linear muffin-tin orbital (TB LMTO) method. Reasonable
agreement between the experimental and calculated data has been achieved. (
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