Two-Impurity Kondo Problem

Jayaprakash, C and Krishna-murthy, HR and Wilkins, JW (1981) Two-Impurity Kondo Problem. In: Physical Review Letters, 47 (10). pp. 737-740.

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Abstract

The two-impurity Kondo problem is studied by use of perturbative scaling techniques. The physics is determined by the interplay between the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interaction between the two impurity spins and the Kondo effect. In particular, for a strong ferromagnetic RKKY interaction the susceptibility exhibits three structures as the temperature is lowered, corresponding to the ferromagnetic locking together of the two impurity spins followed by a two-stage freezing out of their local moments by the conduction electrons due to the Kondo effect.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review Letters
Publisher:	American Physical Soc
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Physical Soc
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2010 07:58
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:46
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/23440

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