Abstract
The effects of spin-orbit scattering of conduction electrons in the Kondo regime are investigated theoretically. It is shown that due to time-reversal symmetry, spin-orbit scattering does not suppress the Kondo effect, even though it breaks spin-rotational symmetry, in full agreement with experiment. An orbital magnetic field, which breaks time-reversal symmetry, leads to an effective Zeeman splitting, which can be probed in transport measurements. It is shown that, similar to weak localization, this effect has anomalous magnetic-field and temperature dependence.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4947-4950 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1994 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics
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Meir, Y., & Wingreen, N. S. (1994). Spin-orbit scattering and the Kondo effect. Physical Review B, 50(7), 4947-4950. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.4947