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Renormalization group theory of the Kondo effect predicts that an impurity spin is screened by a conduction electron spread over a large distance of order >.1 to 1 micron. This review has the following sections: 1. The Kondo effect and the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Ian Affleck

We study the Kondo model --a magnetic impurity coupled to a one dimensional wire via exchange coupling-- by using Wilson's numerical renormalization group (NRG) technique. By applying an approach similar to which was used to compute the two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Laszlo Borda

We make a precise scaling conjecture, based on renormalization group ideas, regarding the screening cloud around an impurity spin in the Kondo effect and test it numerically using the Density Matrix Renormalization Group method.

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Erik Sorensen , Ian Affleck

A magnetic impurity embedded in a metal host is collectively screened by a cloud of conduction electrons to form a Kondo singlet below a characteristic energy scale $T_K$, the Kondo temperature, through the mechanism of the Kondo effect. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-01-19 Ru Zheng , Rong-Qiang He , Zhong-Yi Lu

A theoretical concept is presented for the screening of several magnetic moments locally exchange coupled to conduction electrons in a metallic nanostructure. We consider a quantum confined multi-impurity Kondo model which exhibits the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-06 Andrej Schwabe , Mirek Hänsel , Michael Potthoff , Andrew K. Mitchell

We analyze the Kondo effect of a magnetic impurity attached to an ultrasmall metallic wire using the density matrix renormalization group. The spatial spin correlation function and the impurity spectral density are computed for system sizes…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Hand , J. Kroha , H. Monien

We investigate the Kondo effect in two-dimensional disordered electron systems using a finite-temperature quantum Monte Carlo method. Depending on the position of a magnetic impurity, the local moment is screened or unscreened by the spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 Takuma Ohashi , Sei-ichiro Suga

We consider the spatial spin correlations around a partially screened spin-1 magnetic moment in a metal exhibiting the underscreened Kondo effect. We find that the underscreening of the impurity spin results in spatial spin correlations…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-04-03 L. Borda , M. Garst , J. Kroha

When a magnetic impurity exists in a metal, conduction electrons form a spin cloud that screens the impurity spin. This basic phenomenon is called the Kondo effect. Contrary to electric charge screening, the spin screening cloud occurs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-02 I. V. Borzenets , J. Shim , J. Chen , A. Ludwig , A. Wieck , S. Tarucha , H. -S. Sim , M. Yamamoto

The Kondo effect, deriving from a local magnetic impurity mediating electron-electron interactions, constitutes a flourishing basis for understanding a large variety of intricate many-body problems. Its experimental implementation in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-29 C. Piquard , P. Glidic , C. Han , A. Aassime , A. Cavanna , U. Gennser , Y. Meir , E. Sela , A. Anthore , F. Pierre

The existence of a length-scale $\xi_K\sim 1/T_K$ (with $T_K$ the Kondo temperature) has long been predicted in quantum impurity systems. At low temperatures $T\ll T_K$, the standard interpretation is that a spin-$\tfrac{1}{2}$ impurity is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-09-21 Andrew K. Mitchell , Michael Becker , Ralf Bulla

A many-body resonance emerges at the Fermi energy when an electron bath screens the magnetic moment of a half-filled impurity level. This Kondo effect, originally introduced to explain the abnormal resistivity behavior in bulk magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-16 Camiel van Efferen , Jeison Fischer , Theo A. Costi , Achim Rosch , Thomas Michely , Wouter Jolie

The Kondo effect, an eminent manifestation of many-body physics in condensed matter, is traditionally explained as exchange scattering of conduction electrons on a spinful impurity in a metal. The resulting screening of the impurity's local…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-28 M. Gomilšek , R. Žitko , M. Klanjšek , M. Pregelj , C. Baines , Y. Li , Q. M. Zhang , A. Zorko

The screening of an impurity spin in the Kondo model occurs over a characteristic length scale $\xi_K$, that defines the size of the Kondo screening cloud or ``mist". The presence of such a length sc A consistent way to show the presence of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-01-30 Erik S. Sørensen

We study the Kondo and transport properties of a quantum dot with a single magnetic Mn ion connected to metallic leads. By employing a numerical renormalization group technique we show that depending on the value of ferromagnetic coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-04 E. vernek , Fanyao Qu , F. M. Souza , J. C. Egues , E. V. Anda

The Kondo effect arises from many-body interactions between localized magnetic impurities and conduction electrons, affecting electronic properties at low temperatures. In this study, we investigate the Kondo effect within a two-dimensional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-30 T. O. Puel , M. A. Manya , G. S. Diniz , E. Vernek , G. B. Martins

The anomalous low energy behaviour observed in metals with strong electron correlation, such as in the heavy fermion materials, is believed to arise from the scattering of the itinerant electrons with low energy spin fluctuations. In…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-17 Khan Edwards , Alex C Hewson

The spatial length of the Kondo screening is still a controversial issue related to Kondo physics. While renormalization group and Bethe Anzats solutions have provided detailed information about the thermodynamics of magnetic impurities,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-06-17 C. A. Büsser , G. B. Martins , L. Costa Ribeiro , E. Vernek , E. V. Anda , E. Dagotto

The Kondo effect involves the formation of a spin singlet by a magnetic impurity and conduction electrons. It is characterized by a low temperature scale, the Kondo temperature, $T_K$, and an associated long length scale, $\xi_K = \hbar…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-01-09 Ian Affleck

We study how the formation of the Kondo compensation cloud influences the dynamical properties of a magnetic impurity that tunnels between two positions in a metal. The Kondo effect dynamically generates a strong tunneling…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Borda , G. Zarand
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