Band Calculation for Ce-compounds on the basis of Dynamical Mean Field Theory

The band calculation scheme for f electron compounds is developed on the basis of the dynamical mean field theory (DMFT) and the LMTO method. The auxiliary impurity problem is solved by a method named as NCAfv’, which includes the correct exchange process of the f → f virtual excitation as the vertex correction to the non-crossing approximation (NCA) for the f → f fluctuation. This method leads to the correct magnitude of the Kondo temperature, TK, and makes it possible to carry out quantitative DMFT calculation including the crystalline field (CF) and the spin-orbit (SO) splitting of the self-energy. The magnetic excitation spectra are also calculated to estimate TK. It is applied to Ce metal and CeSb at T = 300 K as the first step. In Ce metal, the hybridization intensity (HI) just below the Fermi energy is reduced in the DMFT band. The photo-emission spectra (PES) have a conspicuous SO side peak, similar to that of experiments. TK is estimated to be lower than the CF splitting in γ-Ce, while to be higher in α-Ce. In CeSb, the double peak structure of PES is reproduced. In addition, higher TK is obtained because HI is enhanced just at the Fermi energy in the DMFT band.