Magnetic Quantum Phase Transitions in Kondo Lattices

Details Magnetic Quantum Phase Transitions in Kondo Lattices Magnetic Quantum Phase Transitions in Kondo Lattices

2005-06-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506207v2

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, R1025-R1040 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

10 pages, 4 figures; references added; as published in JPCM in early September, except for the correction to the legend for Fi

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-8984/17/37/R01

The identification of magnetic quantum critical points in heavy fermion metals has provided an ideal setting for experimentally studying quantum criticality. Motivated by these experiments, considerable theoretical efforts have recently been devoted to reexamine the interplay between Kondo screening and magnetic interactions in Kondo lattice systems. A local quantum critical picture has emerged, in which magnetic interactions suppress Kondo screening precisely at the magnetic quantum critical point (QCP). The Fermi surface undergoes a large reconstruction across the QCP and the coherence scale of the Kondo lattice vanishes at the QCP. The dynamical spin susceptibility exhibits $\omega/T$ scaling and non-trivial exponents describe the temperature and frequency dependence of various physical quantities. These properties are to be contrasted with the conventional spin-density-wave (SDW) picture, in which the Kondo screening is not suppressed at the QCP and the Fermi surface evolves smoothly across the phase transition. In this article we discuss recent microscopic studies of Kondo lattices within an extended dynamical mean field theory (EDMFT). We summarize the earlier work based on an analytical $\epsilon$-expansion renormalization group method, and expand on the more recent numerical results. We also discuss the issues that have been raised concerning the magnetic phase diagram. We show that the zero-temperature magnetic transition is second order when double counting of the RKKY interactions is avoided in EDMFT.

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