Structure and transport in multi-orbital Kondo systems

Details Structure and transport in multi-orbital Kondo systems Structure and transport in multi-orbital Kondo systems

2007-02-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702578v1

Physica E 18, 69 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 3 figures. Invited article, 23rd International Conference on Low Temperature Physics LT23, Hiroshima, Japan 2002

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We consider Kondo impurity systems with multiple local orbitals, such as rare earth ions in a metallic host or multi--level quantum dots coupled to metallic leads. It is shown that the multiplet structure of the local orbitals leads to multiple Kondo peaks above the Fermi energy $E_F$, and to ``shadow'' peaks below $E_F$. We use a slave boson mean field theory, which recovers the strong coupling Fermi liquid fixed point, to calculate the Kondo peak positions, widths, and heights analytically at T=0, and NCA calculations to fit the temperature dependence of high--resolution photoemission spectra of Ce compounds. In addition, an approximate conductance quantization for transport through multi--level quantum dots or single--atom transistors in the Kondo regime due to a generalized Friedel sum rule is demonstrated.

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