spl(2,1) dynamical supersymmetry and suppression of ferromagnetism in flat-band double-exchange models

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1999 EDP Sciences
, , Citation K. Penc and R. Lacaze 1999 EPL 48 561 DOI 10.1209/epl/i1999-00520-y

0295-5075/48/5/561

Abstract

The low-energy spectrum of the ferromagnetic Kondo lattice model on an N-site complete graph extended with on-site repulsion is obtained from the underlying spl(2,1) algebra properties in the strong coupling limit. The ferromagnetic ground state is realized for 1 and N+1 electrons only. We identify the large density of states to be responsible for the suppression of the ferromagnetic state and argue that a similar situation is encountered in the Kagomé, pyrochlore, and other lattices with flat bands in their one-particle density of states.

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10.1209/epl/i1999-00520-y