Absence of a Magnetic Field Induced Metal-Insulator Transition in Kondo Insulators

dc.creatorCarruzzo, Herve M.
dc.creatorYu, Clare C.
dc.date1994-12-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:07:35Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:07:35Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate whether or not Kondo insulators undergo a magnetic field induced metal-insulator transition in one dimension at half filling using both a density matrix formulation of the numerical renormalization group and a new analytical approach. Contrary to expectations, the quasiparticle gap never vanishes at any field and no metal-insulator transition is found. We discuss generalizing our result to three dimensions and to the asymmetric Anderson lattice. Our result is consistent with recent experiments.
dc.description4 pages (using REVTEX), 2 figures in postscript. Submitted to Physical Review Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9412050
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9412050
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/27222
dc.subjectCondensed Matter
dc.titleAbsence of a Magnetic Field Induced Metal-Insulator Transition in Kondo Insulators
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