Higher-order Fermi-liquid corrections for an Anderson impurity away from half filling: Nonequilibrium transport
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Author(s)
Oguri, Akira
Hewson, AC
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We extend the microscopic Fermi-liquid theory for the Anderson impurity [Phys. Rev. B 64, 153305 (2001)] to explore nonequilibrium transport at finite magnetic fields. Using the Ward identities in the Keldysh formalism with the analytic and antisymmetric properties of the vertex function, the spin-dependent Fermi-liquid corrections of order
T
2
and
(
e
V
)
2
are determined at low temperatures
T
and low bias voltages
e
V
. Away from half filling, these corrections can be expressed in terms of the linear and nonlinear static susceptibilities which represent the two-body and three-body fluctuations, respectively. We calculate the nonlinear susceptibilities using the numerical renormalization group, to explore the differential conductance
d
I
/
d
V
through a quantum dot. We find that the two-body fluctuations dominate the corrections in the Kondo regime at zero magnetic field. The contribution of the three-body fluctuations becomes significant far away from half filling, especially in the valence-fluctuation regime and empty-orbital regimes. In finite magnetic fields, the three-body contributions become comparable to the two-body contributions, and play an essential role in the splitting of the zero-bias conductance peak occurring at a magnetic field of the order of the Kondo energy scale. We also apply our microscopic formulation to the magnetoresistance and thermal conductivity of dilute magnetic alloys away from half filling.
T
2
and
(
e
V
)
2
are determined at low temperatures
T
and low bias voltages
e
V
. Away from half filling, these corrections can be expressed in terms of the linear and nonlinear static susceptibilities which represent the two-body and three-body fluctuations, respectively. We calculate the nonlinear susceptibilities using the numerical renormalization group, to explore the differential conductance
d
I
/
d
V
through a quantum dot. We find that the two-body fluctuations dominate the corrections in the Kondo regime at zero magnetic field. The contribution of the three-body fluctuations becomes significant far away from half filling, especially in the valence-fluctuation regime and empty-orbital regimes. In finite magnetic fields, the three-body contributions become comparable to the two-body contributions, and play an essential role in the splitting of the zero-bias conductance peak occurring at a magnetic field of the order of the Kondo energy scale. We also apply our microscopic formulation to the magnetoresistance and thermal conductivity of dilute magnetic alloys away from half filling.
Date Issued
2018-01-24
Date Acceptance
2018-01-01
Citation
Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 2018, 97 (3)
ISSN
1098-0121
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics
Volume
97
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
©2018 American Physical Society
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Condensed Matter
Physics
RENORMALIZATION-GROUP APPROACH
DILUTE MAGNETIC-ALLOYS
PERTURBATION EXPANSION
STATIC PROPERTIES
KONDO PROBLEM
QUANTUM-DOT
MODEL
THERMOPOWER
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
035435