Surface density of states of layered f-electron materials

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关键词: PERIODIC ANDERSON MODEL;    RENORMALIZATION-GROUP;    HEAVY FERMIONS;    HIDDEN ORDER;    LATTICE;    LIMIT;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.89.041106

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

We theoretically analyze the surface density of states of heavy fermion materials such as CeCoIn5. Recent experimental progress has made it possible to locally probe the formation of heavy quasiparticles in these systems via scanning tunneling microscopy, in which strongly temperature-dependent resonances at the Fermi energy have been observed. The shape of these resonances varies depending on the surface layer, i.e., if cerium or cobalt terminates the sample. We clarify the microscopic origin of this difference by taking into account the layered structure of the material. Our simple model explains all the characteristic properties observed experimentally, such as a layer-dependent shape of the resonance at the Fermi energy, displaying a hybridization gap for the cerium layer and a peak or dip structure for the other layers. Our proposal resolves the seemingly unphysical assumptions in the preceding analysis based on the two-channel cotunneling model.

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