This thesis focuses on the investigation of the electronic structure and the Fermi surface (FS) of copper, iron, vanadium and Cu₂MnAl. To this end the data acquisition for the new angular correlation of electron positron annihilation radiation (ACAR) spectrometer at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) was designed and new approaches for data evaluation were developed including a novel algorithm to reconstruct 3D electron-positron momentum densities from projections. Using the new toolkit the elemental systems copper, iron and vanadium were investigated and compared to previously reported experimental and theoretical data.
Additionally, an extensive study on the Heusler compound Cu₂MnAl with spin-polarized ACAR and magnetic Compton scattering (MCS) was conducted. Spin-polarized ACAR in particular made it possible to measure for the first time the spin dependent FS of this system and to determine the individual contribution of each sheet to the total magnetization.
Via the comparison with MCS measurements in combination with suitable ab initio calculations it is now possible to attribute the magnetic momentum density to specific electronic states. This information substantially contributes to the deeper understanding of the technical highly relevant material class of Heusler alloys.
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This thesis focuses on the investigation of the electronic structure and the Fermi surface (FS) of copper, iron, vanadium and Cu₂MnAl. To this end the data acquisition for the new angular correlation of electron positron annihilation radiation (ACAR) spectrometer at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) was designed and new approaches for data evaluation were developed including a novel algorithm to reconstruct 3D electron-positron momentum densities from projections. Using the new toolkit th...
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