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Friedel oscillations and the Kondo screening cloud

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2008-06-04 v4

Abstract

We show that the long distance charge density oscillations in a metal induced by a weakly coupled spin-1/2 magnetic impurity exhibiting the Kondo effect are given, at zero temperature, by a universal function F(r/xi_K) where r is the distance from the impurity and xi_K, the Kondo screening cloud size =v_F/T_K, where v_F is the Fermi velocity and T_K is the Kondo temperature. F is given by a Fourier-like transform of the T-matrix. Analytic expressions for F(r/xi_K) are derived in both limits r much less than xi_K and r much greater than xi_K and F is calculated for all r/xi_K using numerical methods.

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@article{arxiv.0802.0280,
  title  = {Friedel oscillations and the Kondo screening cloud},
  author = {Ian Affleck and Laszlo Borda and Hubert Saleur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0280},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

More extensive discussion of experimental situation and referencing of earlier work added

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