Ferromagnetism and Kondo insulator behavior in the disordered periodic Anderson model.
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The effect of binary alloy disorder on the ferromagnetic phases of f-electron materials is studied within the periodic Anderson model. We find that disorder in the conduction band can drastically enhance the Curie temperature T{c} due to an increase of the local f moment. The effect may be explained qualitatively and even quantitatively by a simple theoretical ansatz. The emergence of an alloy Kondo insulator at noninteger filling is also pointed out.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 100 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008