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重费米子化合物CeRh $_2$ Si $_2$中表面作用的第一性原理研究

The first-principles research on the role of surface in the heavy fermion compound CeRh$_2$Si$_2$

Yue-Chao Wang, Yuan-Ji Xu, Yu Liu, Xing-Jie Han, Xie-Gang Zhu, Yi-feng Yang, Yan Bi, Hai-Feng Liu, Hai-Feng Song

摘要:

在重费米子材料中,许多奇异的强关联现象(近藤效应、磁序、超导性等)的特征能标都被研究了。在毫电子伏量级,这意味着重费米子材料是表面敏感的。在这里,我们研究的电子结构的Si和Ce终止表面的CeRh $_2$ Si $_2$的第一性原理方法。我们的研究揭示了表面效应对电子结构的三个显著影响,这与最近的角分辨光电子能谱(ARPES)实验是一致的。首先,表面晶体结构的弛豫改变了费米能级的相对位置,调整了能带的色散,增强了近藤共振。其次,Ce-4 $f$与表面层传导电子的杂化作用减弱,导致近藤共振峰减弱,自旋轨道带发生位移。表面Ce原子周围晶体电场的变化影响了近藤共振峰的分裂,同时也使表面4个$f$电子的Hubbard低带下移。此外,我们还发现了bulk的下Hubbard带的特征,这一点在以前的研究中被忽略了。我们的研究表明,这些表面效应是潜在的重要性,并强调在未来的强关联材料的性质的研究。

英文摘要:

In the heavy fermion materials, the characteristic energy scales of many exotic strongly correlated phenomena (Kondo effect, magnetic order, superconductivity, etc.) are at milli-electron-volt order, implying that the heavy fermion materials are surface sensitive. Here, we investigate the electronic structures for Si- and Ce-terminated surfaces of CeRh$_2$Si$_2$ by first-principles methods. Our research reveals three notable impacts of surface effects on electronic structures, which are consistent with recent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) experiments. Firstly, the relaxation of surface crystal structures changes the relative position of Fermi level, adjusts the dispersion of bands and enhances the Kondo resonance. Secondly, the decrease of the hybridization between the Ce-4$f$ and conduction electrons in the surface layer leads to a weaker Kondo resonance peak and the shift of spin-orbit bands. Thirdly, the variation of crystal electric field around surface Ce atoms affects the splitting of Kondo resonance peaks, and also pushes down the lower-Hubbard bands of surface 4$f$ electrons. Moreover, we find the characteristic of bulk's lower-Hubbard bands, which was overlooked in previous works. Our investigation suggests that these surface effects are potentially important and highlighted in the future researches on properties of strongly correlated materials.

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