Compton profile of palladium.

In this paper we present the results of a Compton-profile study on polycrystalline palladium. The measurements have been made by scattering 59.54-keV photons. Theoretical Compton profiles have been calculated with use of the renormalized-free-atom (RFA) model and the augmented-plane-wave method. Best agreement between the measured and calculated values was found for the 4d 9.7 5s 0.3 configuration within the RFA model.