We derive, by means of an extended Gutzwiller wave function and within the Gutzwiller approximation, the phase diagram of the Kondo lattice model. We find that generically, namely, in the absence of nesting, the model displays an f-electron Mott localization accompanied by a discontinuous change of the conduction-electron Fermi surface as well as by magnetism. When the noninteracting Fermi surface is close to nesting, the Mott localization disentangles from the onset of magnetism. First the paramagnetic heavy-fermion metal turns continuously into an itinerant magnet-the Fermi surface evolves smoothly across the transition-and afterward Mott localization intervenes with a discontinuous rearrangement of the Fermi surface. We find that the f-electron localization remains even if magnetism is prevented and is still accompanied by a sharp transfer of spectral weight at the Fermi energy within the Brillouin zone. We further show that the Mott localization can be also induced by an external magnetic field, in which case it occurs concomitantly with a metamagnetic transition.

Fermi-surface evolution across the magnetic phase transition in the Kondo lattice model / Lanata, N.; Barone, P.; Fabrizio, M.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - 78:15(2008), pp. 1-10. [10.1103/PhysRevB.78.155127]

Fermi-surface evolution across the magnetic phase transition in the Kondo lattice model

Fabrizio, M.
2008-01-01

Abstract

We derive, by means of an extended Gutzwiller wave function and within the Gutzwiller approximation, the phase diagram of the Kondo lattice model. We find that generically, namely, in the absence of nesting, the model displays an f-electron Mott localization accompanied by a discontinuous change of the conduction-electron Fermi surface as well as by magnetism. When the noninteracting Fermi surface is close to nesting, the Mott localization disentangles from the onset of magnetism. First the paramagnetic heavy-fermion metal turns continuously into an itinerant magnet-the Fermi surface evolves smoothly across the transition-and afterward Mott localization intervenes with a discontinuous rearrangement of the Fermi surface. We find that the f-electron localization remains even if magnetism is prevented and is still accompanied by a sharp transfer of spectral weight at the Fermi energy within the Brillouin zone. We further show that the Mott localization can be also induced by an external magnetic field, in which case it occurs concomitantly with a metamagnetic transition.
2008
78
15
1
10
155127
https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.3849
Lanata, N.; Barone, P.; Fabrizio, M.
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