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Spin-selective kondo insulator: cooperation of ferromagnetism and the kondo effect.
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PMID:  22463547     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We propose the notion of a spin-selective Kondo insulator, which provides a fundamental mechanism to describe the ferromagnetic phase of the Kondo lattice model with antiferromagnetic coupling. This unveils a remarkable feature of the ferromagnetic metallic phase: the majority-spin conduction electrons show metallic while the minority-spin electrons show insulating behavior. The resulting Kondo gap in the minority-spin sector, which is due to the cooperation of ferromagnetism and partial Kondo screening, evidences a dynamically induced commensurability for a combination of minority-spin electrons and parts of localized spins. Furthermore, this mechanism predicts a nontrivial relation between the macroscopic quantities such as electron magnetization, spin polarization, and electron filling.
Authors:
Robert Peters; Norio Kawakami; Thomas Pruschke
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2012-02-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review letters     Volume:  108     ISSN:  1079-7114     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys. Rev. Lett.     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-04-02     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401141     Medline TA:  Phys Rev Lett     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  086402     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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