Properties of anisotropic magnetic impurities on surfaces

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dc.creatorZitko, Rok
dc.creatorPeters, Robert
dc.creatorPruschke, Thomas
dc.date2008-09-04
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dc.descriptionUsing numerical renormalization group techniques, we study static and dynamic properties of a family of single-channel Kondo impurity models with axial magnetic anisotropy $DS_z^2$ terms; such models are appropriate to describe magnetic impurity atoms adsorbed on non-magnetic surfaces, which may exhibit surface Kondo effect. We show that for positive anisotropy $D$ and for any spin $S$, the systems behave at low temperatures as regular Fermi liquids with fully compensated impurity spin. The approach to the stable fixed point depends on the value of the spin $S$ and on the ratio $D/T_K^{(0)}$, where $T_K^{(0)}$ is the Kondo temperature in the absence of the anisotropy. For S=1, the screening occurs in two stages if $D<T_K^{(0)}$; the second Kondo temperature is exponentially reduced in this case. More generally, there is an effective spin-1/2 Kondo effect for any integer $S$ if $D<T_K^{(0)}$ and for any half-integer $S$ if $D>T_K^{(0)}$. For negative anisotropy $D$, the system is a non-Fermi liquid with residual anisotropic exchange interaction. However, the presence of transverse magnetic anisotropy $E(S_x^2-S_y^2)$ restores Fermi-liquid behavior in real systems.
dc.description14 pages, 12 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0759
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0759
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. B 78, 224404 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.224404
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/222203
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.titleProperties of anisotropic magnetic impurities on surfaces
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