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Structure and transport in multi-orbital Kondo systems
We consider Kondo impurity systems with multiple local orbitals, such as rare
earth ions in a metallic host or multi--level quantum dots coupled to metallic
leads. It is shown that the multiplet structure of the local orbitals leads to
multiple Kondo peaks above the Fermi energy , and to ``shadow'' peaks
below . We use a slave boson mean field theory, which recovers the strong
coupling Fermi liquid fixed point, to calculate the Kondo peak positions,
widths, and heights analytically at T=0, and NCA calculations to fit the
temperature dependence of high--resolution photoemission spectra of Ce
compounds. In addition, an approximate conductance quantization for transport
through multi--level quantum dots or single--atom transistors in the Kondo
regime due to a generalized Friedel sum rule is demonstrated.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Invited article, 23rd International Conference on
Low Temperature Physics LT23, Hiroshima, Japan 200
Evidence of momentum dependent hybridization in Ce2Co0.8Si3.2
We studied the electronic structure of the Kondo lattice system Ce2Co0.8Si3.2
by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). The spectra obtained
below the coherence temperature consist of a Kondo resonance, its spin-orbit
partner and a number of dispersing bands. The quasiparticle weight related to
the Kondo peak depends strongly on Fermi vectors associated with bulk bands.
This indicates a highly anisotropic hybridization between conduction band and
4f electrons - V_{cf} in Ce2Co0.8Si3.2.Comment: 6 page
Electron-phonon coupling and its evidence in the photoemission spectra of lead
We present a detailed study on the influence of strong electron-phonon
coupling to the photoemission spectra of lead. Representing the strong-coupling
regime of superconductivity, the spectra of lead show characteristic features
that demonstrate the correspondence of physical properties in the normal and
the superconducting state, as predicted by the Eliashberg theory. These
features appear on an energy scale of a few meV and are accessible for
photoemission only by using modern spectrometers with high resolution in energy
and angle.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Let
Temperature dependence of the Kondo resonance and its satellites in CeCu_2Si_2
We present high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy studies on the Kondo
resonance of the strongly-correlated Ce system CeCuSi. Exploiting the
thermal broadening of the Fermi edge we analyze position, spectral weight, and
temperature dependence of the low-energy 4f spectral features, whose major
weight lies above the Fermi level . We also present theoretical
predictions based on the single-impurity Anderson model using an extended
non-crossing approximation (NCA), including all spin-orbit and crystal field
splittings of the 4f states. The excellent agreement between theory and
experiment provides strong evidence that the spectral properties of
CeCuSi can be described by single-impurity Kondo physics down to K.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Local electronic structure of the peptide bond probed by resonant inelastic soft X-ray scattering.
The local valence orbital structure of solid glycine, diglycine, and triglycine is studied using soft X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES), resonant inelastic soft X-ray scattering (RIXS) maps, and spectra calculations based on density-functional theory. Using a building block approach, the contributions of the different functional groups of the peptides are separated. Cuts through the RIXS maps furthermore allow monitoring selective excitations of the amino and peptide functional units, leading to a modification of the currently established assignment of spectral contributions. The results thus paint a new-and-improved picture of the peptide bond, enhance the understanding of larger molecules with peptide bonds, and simplify the investigation of such molecules in aqueous environment
High Resolution Photoemission Study on Low-T_K Ce Systems: Kondo Resonance, Crystal Field Structures, and their Temperature Dependence
We present a high-resolution photoemission study on the strongly correlated
Ce-compounds CeCu_6, CeCu_2Si_2, CeRu_2Si_2, CeNi_2Ge_2, and CeSi_2. Using a
normalization procedure based on a division by the Fermi-Dirac distribution we
get access to the spectral density of states up to an energy of 5 k_BT above
the Fermi energy E_F. Thus we can resolve the Kondo resonance and the crystal
field (CF) fine-structure for different temperatures above and around the Kondo
temperature T_K. The CF peaks are identified with multiple Kondo resonances
within the multiorbital Anderson impurity model. Our theoretical 4f spectra,
calculated from an extended non-crossing approximation (NCA), describe
consistently the observed photoemission features and their temperature
dependence. By fitting the NCA spectra to the experimental data and
extrapolating the former to low temperatures, T_K can be extracted
quantitatively. The resulting values for T_K and the crystal field energies are
in excellent agreement with the results from bulk sensitive measurements, e.g.
inelastic neutron scattering.Comment: 16 two-column pages, 10 figure
Electronic structure of YbB: Is it a Topological Insulator or not?
To resolve the controversial issue of the topological nature of the
electronic structure of YbB, we have made a combined study using density
functional theory (DFT) and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES).
Accurate determination of the low energy band topology in DFT requires the use
of modified Becke-Johnson exchange potential incorporating the spin-orbit
coupling and the on-site Coulomb interaction of Yb electrons as large
as 7 eV. We have double-checked the DFT result with the more precise GW band
calculation. ARPES is done with the non-polar (110) surface termination to
avoid band bending and quantum well confinement that have confused ARPES
spectra taken on the polar (001) surface termination. Thereby we show
definitively that YbB has a topologically trivial B 2-Yb 5
semiconductor band gap, and hence is a non-Kondo non-topological insulator
(TI). In agreement with theory, ARPES shows pure divalency for Yb and a -
band gap of 0.3 eV, which clearly rules out both of the previous scenarios of
- band inversion Kondo TI and - band inversion non-Kondo TI. We
have also examined the pressure-dependent electronic structure of YbB,
and found that the high pressure phase is not a Kondo TI but a
\emph{p}-\emph{d} overlap semimetal.Comment: The main text is 6 pages with 4 figures, and the supplementary
information contains 6 figures. 11 pages, 10 figures in total To be appeared
in Phys. Rev. Lett. (Online publication is around March 16 if no delays.
Signature of quantum criticality in photoemission spectroscopy at elevated temperature
A quantum phase transition (QPT) in a heavy-fermion (HF) compound may destroy
the Fermi liquid groundstate. However, the conditions for this breakdown have
remained obscure. We report the first direct investigation of heavy
quasiparticle formation and breakdown in the canonical system
CeCuAu by ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy at elevated
temperatures without the complications of lattice coherence. Surprisingly, the
single-ion Kondo energy scale exhibits an abrupt step near the quantum
critical Au concentration of . We show theoretically that this step is
expected from a highly non-linear renormalization of the local spin coupling at
each Ce site, induced by spin fluctuations on neighboring sites. It provides a
general high-temperature indicator for HF quasiparticle breakdown at a QPT.Comment: Published version, PRL, minor changes in wordin
Twisted exchange interaction between localized spins embedded in a one- or two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling
We study theoretically the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interaction
in one- and two-dimensions in presence of a Rashba spin-orbit (SO) coupling. We
show that rotation of the spin of conduction electrons due to SO coupling
causes a twisted RKKY interaction between localized spins which consists of
three different terms: Heisenberg, Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya, and Ising
interactions. We also show that the effective spin Hamiltonian reduces to the
usual RKKY interaction Hamiltonian in the twisted spin space where the spin
quantization axis of one localized spin is rotated.Comment: 4pages, no figur
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