Magnetic field induced quantum phase transitions in the two-impurity Anderson model
arXiv:1011.6629 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.245110
Abstract
In the two-impurity Anderson model, the inter-impurity spin exchange interaction favors a spin singlet state between two impurities leading to the breakdown of the Kondo effect. We show that a local uniform magnetic field can delocalize the quasiparticles to restore the Kondo resonance. This transition is found to be continuous, accompanied by not only the divergence of the staggered (antiferromagnetic) susceptibility, but also the divergence of the uniform spin susceptibility. This may imply that the magnetic field induced quantum phase transitions in Kondo systems are in favor of the local critical type.
4+epsilon pages, 4 figures
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