237 Np Mössbauer studies on actinide superconductors and related materials

Actinide materials play a special role in condensed matter physics, spanning behaviours of itinerant d -electron and localized 4f -electron materials. This duality of the 5f electrons confer to actinide-based intermetallic compounds a broad variety of physical properties such as magnetic or multipolar ordering, heavy fermion behaviour, quantum criticality, unconventional superconductivity... 237 Np Mössbauer spectroscopy is a unique microscopic tool for gaining information on the electronic and magnetic properties of Np systems.