Coherence scale of the kondo lattice
It is shown that the large- N approach yields two energy scales for the Kondo lattice model. The single-impurity Kondo temperature, T(K), signals the onset of local singlet formation, while Fermi-liquid coherence sets in only below a lower scale, T small star, filled. At low conduction electron density n(c) ("exhaustion" limit), the ratio T small star, filled/T(K) is much smaller than unity, and is shown to depend only on n(c) and not on the Kondo coupling. The physical meaning of these two scales is demonstrated by computing several quantities as a function of n(c) and temperature.
Burdin
S
Departement de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matiere Condensee, SPSMS, CEA-Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France and Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Georges
A
Grempel
DR