Non-fermi-liquid behavior in the periodic Anderson model

A. Amaricci, G. Sordi, M. J. Rozenberg

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Abstract

We study the Mott metal-insulator transition in the periodic Anderson model with dynamical mean field theory (DMFT). Near the quantum transition, we find a non-Fermi-liquid metallic state down to a vanishing temperature scale. We identify the origin of the non-Fermi-liquid behavior as being due to magnetic scattering of the doped carriers by the localized moments. The non-Fermi-liquid state can be tuned by either doping or external magnetic field. Our results show that the coupling to spatial magnetic fluctuations (absent in DMFT) is not a prerequisite to realizing a non-Fermi-liquid scenario for heavy fermion systems.
Original languageEnglish
Article number146403
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume101
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Oct 2008

Keywords

  • SYSTEMS
  • SCALE
  • INFINITE DIMENSIONS
  • MEAN-FIELD THEORY
  • METALS
  • COHERENCE
  • PHOTOEMISSION
  • HEAVY FERMIONS
  • TEMPERATURE

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