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Kondo effect in Dirac systems

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-05-21 v1

Abstract

We investigate the Kondo effect in Dirac systems, where Dirac electrons interact with the localized spin via the s-d exchange coupling. The Dirac electron in solid state has the linear dispersion and is described typically by the Hamiltonian such as Hk=vkσH_k= v{\bf k}\cdot {\sigma} for the wave number k{\bf k} where σj\sigma_j are Pauli matrices. We derived the formula of the Kondo temperature TKT_{\rm K} by means of the Green's function theory for small JJ. The TKT_{\rm K} is determined from a singularity of Green's functions in the form TKDˉexp(const./ρJ)T_{\rm K}\simeq \bar{D}\exp(-{\rm const.}/\rho |J|) when the exchange coupling J|J| is small where Dˉ=D/1+D2/(2μ)2\bar{D}=D/\sqrt{1+D^2/(2\mu)^2} for a cutoff DD and ρ\rho is the density of states at the Fermi surface. When μD|\mu|\ll D, TKT_{\rm K} is proportional to μ|\mu|: TKμexp(const./ρJ)T_{\rm K}\simeq |\mu|\exp(-{\rm const.}/\rho |J|). The Kondo screening will, however, disappear when the Fermi surface shrinks to a point called the Dirac point, that is, TKT_{\rm K} vanishes when the chemical potential μ\mu is just at the Dirac point. The resistivity and the specific heat exhibit a log-TT singularity in the range TK<Tμ/kBT_{\rm K} < T\ll |\mu|/k_{\rm B}. Instead, for TO(μ)T\sim O(|\mu|) or T>μT>|\mu|, they never show log-TT.

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@article{arxiv.1505.05295,
  title  = {Kondo effect in Dirac systems},
  author = {Takashi Yanagisawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.05295},
  year   = {2015}
}
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