Compton Profile of Single-Crystal Vanadium

Abstract
The Compton profile of single-crystal vanadium has been measured with Mo Kα x rays. The observed profile shows that the V band electrons are more spatially extended than the density calculated from Hartree-Fock V 3d functions. The measured anisotropy in the profile is significantly less than that calculated for free-atom 3d functions with an orbital population of 80% t2g.