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Heavy-fermion system: Superconducting and magnetic fluctuations within a periodic-cluster Hubbard model

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

An exact solution of an eight-site crystal model with periodic boundary conditions, a small face-centered-cubic crystal, is presented for the case of a heavy-fermion system. The model consists of (a) single, fully symmetric orbital per site, with nearest-neighbor and second-nearest-neighbor hopping; (b) an infinite Coulomb repulsion between electrons on the same site; (c) antiferromagnetic superexchange interactions; and (d) band fillings near half filling (six, seven, and eight electrons per cluster). The superconducting and the antiferromagnetic correlations are studied and compared with the predictions of the noninteracting limit. The suitability of Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer and Gutzwiller approximate ground-state wave functions are quantitatively estimated.

Research Organization:
Physics Department and Materials and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 Copenhagen OX, Denmark
OSTI ID:
6587208
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 38:16; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English