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Partial Kondo screening in frustrated Kondo lattice systems

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-05-19 v2

Abstract

We investigate the effect of geometrical frustration on the competition between the Kondo coupling and the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction in Kondo lattice systems. By variational Monte Carlo simulations, we reveal an emergent quantum phase with partial ordering in which the frustration is relieved by forming a magnetic order on a sublattice and leaving the rest in the Kondo screening with spin-singlet formation. The role of quantum fluctuations and spin-charge interplay is elucidated.

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@article{arxiv.1006.3386,
  title  = {Partial Kondo screening in frustrated Kondo lattice systems},
  author = {Yukitoshi Motome and Kyoya Nakamikawa and Youhei Yamaji and Masafumi Udagawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.3386},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for the publication in Phys. Rev. Lett.; (v2) minor corrections

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