Comment on Phys.Rev.Lett.'s paper: "Low temperature Electron Spin Resonance of the Kondo Ion in a heavy fermion metal YbRh2Si2"

TL;DR

This paper provides a microscopic explanation for the localized f state in YbRh2Si2, matching experimental ESR data with derived eigenfunctions and crystal field parameters, advancing understanding in heavy fermion physics.

Contribution

It offers a detailed theoretical model that reproduces ESR observations, clarifying the nature of the f state in heavy fermion materials, which is a novel insight in the field.

Findings

Eigenfunctions match observed ESR g-values

Crystal field parameters are explicitly derived

Supports the localized f state interpretation

Abstract

We provide the microscopic explanation for the localized f state observed in a heavy fermion metal YbRh2Si2 by Prof. F. Steglich's group, reported recently in Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (2003) 156401, as associated with the strongly-correlated 4f13 configuration of the Yb atom. We derived to ground-state eigenfunctions that perfectly reproduce the observed ESR values of g_perp=3.561 and g_par =0.17: 1) G_7^1 =0.803|+-3/2> +0.595|-+5/2>-0.026|-+1/2>-0.008|+-7/2> (crystal field parameters: B_2^0 = +14K, B_4^0 = +60 mK, B_6^0 = -0.5 mK, B_4^4 = -2.3 K, B_6^4 = -10 mK with a small orthorhombic distortion B_2^2 = +0.22 K, or 2) G_6^1 = 0.944|+-1/2> + 0.322|-+7/2>-0.052|-+3/2> - 0.046|+-5/2> (B_2^0 = +8 K, B_4^0 = -60 mK, B_6^0 =+6 mK, B_4^4 = -1.78 K and B_6^4 = -5 mK with a B_2^2= +0.475 K). We express our feeling that the paper of Ref. 1 will be the turning point in the heavy-fermion subject.