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Originally published in Science Express on 1 November 2007
Science 7 December 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5856, pp. 1615 - 1617
DOI: 10.1126/science.1149064
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Modeling the Localized-to-Itinerant Electronic Transition in the Heavy Fermion System CeIrIn5

J. H. Shim,* K. Haule, G. Kotliar

We address the fundamental question of crossover from the localized to the itinerant state of a paradigmatic heavy fermion material: CeIrIn5. The temperature evolution of the one-electron spectra and the optical conductivity are predicted from first-principles calculation. The buildup of coherence in the form of a dispersive many-body feature is followed in detail, and its effects on the conduction electrons of the material are revealed. We find multiple hybridization gaps and link them to the crystal structure of the material. Our theoretical approach explains the multiple peak structures observed in optical experiments and the sensitivity of CeIrIn5 to substitutions of the transition metal element and may provide a microscopic basis for the more phenomenological descriptions currently used to interpret experiments in heavy fermion systems.

Center for Materials Theory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jishim{at}physics.rutgers.edu

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