Quantitative Calculation of the Spatial Extension of the Kondo Cloud
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2009-11-13 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
The internal s-electron polarization in the ground state of a Friedel-Anderson and a Kondo impurity is calculated. The Wilson basis with exponentially fine energies close to the Fermi level is used and expressed in terms of free electron waves with linear energy-momentum dispersion. It is found that in the singlet state the magnetic moment of the d-electron is screened by an s-electron cloud. The linear extension of the cloud is inversely proportional to the Kondo energy. When the singlet state is destroyed the polarization cloud is absent.
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@article{arxiv.0710.5196,
title = {Quantitative Calculation of the Spatial Extension of the Kondo Cloud},
author = {Gerd Bergmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.5196},
year = {2009}
}