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Effective Low-Energy Model for f-Electron Delocalization

arXiv:1008.3666 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.086402

Abstract

We consider a Periodic Anderson Model (PAM) with a momentum-dependent inter-band hybridization that is strongly suppressed near the Fermi level. Under these conditions, we reduce the PAM to an effective low-energy Hamiltonian, , by expanding in the small parameter ( is the maximum inter-band hybridization amplitude and is the hopping integral of the broad band). The resulting model consists of a t-J f-band coupled via the Kondo exchange to the electrons in the broad band. allows for studying the f-electron delocalization transition. The result is a doping-induced Mott transition for the f-electron delocalization, which we demonstrate by density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) calculations.

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