Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2007-06-11
Phys. Rev. B 76, 075114 (2007)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Submitted to PRB
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.075114
We obtain the phase diagram and thermodynamic behavior of the Kondo necklace model for arbitrary dimensions $d$ using a representation for the localized and conduction electrons in terms of local Kondo singlet and triplet operators. A decoupling scheme on the double time Green's functions yields the dispersion relation for the excitations of the system. We show that in $d\geq 3$ there is an antiferromagnetically ordered state at finite temperatures terminating at a quantum critical point (QCP). In 2-d, long range magnetic order occurs only at T=0. The line of Neel transitions for $d>2$ varies with the distance to the quantum critical point QCP $|g|$ as, $T_N \propto |g|^{\psi}$ where the shift exponent $\psi=1/(d-1)$. In the paramagnetic side of the phase diagram, the spin gap behaves as $\Delta\approx \sqrt{|g|}$ for $d \ge 3$ consistent with the value $z=1$ found for the dynamical critical exponent. We also find in this region a power law temperature dependence in the specific heat for $k_BT\gg\Delta$ and along the non-Fermi liquid trajectory. For $k_BT \ll\Delta$, in the so-called Kondo spin liquid phase, the thermodynamic behavior is dominated by an exponential temperature dependence.
Continentino Mucio A.
Reyes Daniel
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