Open AccessA NEW APPROACH TO INVESTIGATING THE VALENCE FLUCTUATION COMPOUNDS
Author(s) -
Huijie Zheng
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.36.892
Subject(s) - valence (chemistry) , phonon , polaron , physics , point reflection , ground state , condensed matter physics , materials science , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , electron
The ground state properties of the Sm-based valence fluctuation compounds are discussed by introducing an indirect on-site hybridization mediated by phonons, as the direct on-site hybridization is forbidden by inversion symmetry. The Hamihonian including this indirect hybridization is transformed into an effective Hamihonian of a "small polaron" type by means of a. canonical transformation. A self-consistent field approximation is used, a non-zero energy gap and the noninteger occupation of the f level have been given. The results obtained can be used to explain the small energy gap and the valence fluctuation phenomena observed in SmB6 and SmS.