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Resistivity of the Two-Channel Kondo Model in Infinite Dimensions

Condensed Matter 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

Analytic results for the resistivity of the two-channel Kondo lattice in a particular infinite dimensional limit (Lorentzian density of states) are presented. It is argued that in the absence of symmetry breaking phase transitions or applied fields there is a residual resistivity at zero temperature due to the spin disorder scattering off of the two-channel screening clouds. This may explain the unusual resistivity of UBe13_{13}. For the same limit the single channel Kondo lattice is an insulator states at particle hole symmetry and half filling, but metallic away from particle-hole symmetry or in applied magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9405049,
  title  = {Resistivity of the Two-Channel Kondo Model in Infinite Dimensions},
  author = {D. L. Cox},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9405049},
  year   = {2008}
}

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