Abstract
We address theoretically the evolution of the heavy fermion Fermi surface (FS) as a function of temperature (), using a first principles dynamical mean-field theory approach combined with density functional theory. We focus on the archetypical heavy electrons in . Upon cooling, both the quantum oscillation frequencies and cyclotron masses show logarithmic scaling behavior [] with different characteristic temperatures and 50 K, respectively. The enlargement of the electron FSs at low is accompanied by topological changes around . The resistivity coherence peak observed at is the result of the competition between the binding of incoherent electrons to the conduction electrons at Fermi level () and the formation of coherent electrons.
- Received 7 June 2011
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.016402
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