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Anderson lattice with explicit Kondo coupling: general features and the field-induced suppression of heavy-fermion state in ferromagnetic phase
We apply the extended (statistically-consistent, SGA) Gutzwiller-type
approach to the periodic Anderson model (PAM) in an applied magnetic field and
in the strong correlation limit. The finite-U corrections are included
systematically by transforming PAM into the form with Kondo-type interaction
and residual hybridization, appearing both at the same time. This effective
Hamiltonian represents the essence of \textit{Anderson-Kondo lattice model}. We
show that in ferromagnetic phases the low-energy single-particle states are
strongly affected by the presence of the applied magnetic field. We also find
that for large values of hybridization strength the system enters the so-called
\textit{locked heavy fermion state}. In this state the chemical potential lies
in the majority-spin hybridization gap and as a consequence, the system
evolution is insensitive to further increase of the applied field. However, for
a sufficiently strong magnetic field, the system transforms from the locked
state to the fully spin-polarized phase. This is accompanied by a metamagnetic
transition, as well as by drastic reduction of the effective mass of
quasiparticles. In particular, we observe a reduction of effective mass
enhancement in the majority-spin subband by as much as 20% in the fully
polarized state. The findings are consistent with experimental results for
CeLaB compounds. The mass enhancement for the spin-minority
electrons may also diminish with the increasing field, unlike for the
quasiparticles states in a single narrow band in the same limit of strong
correlations