title: Effective Kondo model for a trimer on a metallic surface.
abstract: I consider a Hubbard-Anderson model which describes localized orbitals in three different atoms hybridized both among themselves and with a continuum of extended states. Using a generalized Schrieffer-Wolf transformation, I derive an effective Kondo model for the interaction between the doublet ground state of the isolated trimer and the extended states. For an isoceles trimer with distances a, l, l between the atoms, the Kondo temperature is very small for l<a and has a maximum for finite l>a when a is small. The results agree with experiments for a Cr trimer on Au(111).
authors.affiliation: Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina.
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authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Aligia