Heavy-Fermion Systems

The book on Heavy-Fermion Systems is a part of the Book series "Handbook of Metal Physics", each volume of which is written to facilitate the research of Ph.D. students, faculty and other researchers in a specific area. The Heavy-Fermions (sometimes known as Heavy-Electrons) is a loosely defined collection of intermetallic compounds containing rare-earth (mostly Ce) or actinide (mostly U) elements. These unusual names were given due to the large effective mass (100-1,000 times greater than the mass of a free electron) below a critical temperature. They have a variety of ground states including superconducting, antiferromagnetic, paramagnetic or semiconducting. Some display unusual magnetic properties such as magnetic quantum critical point and metamagnetism. This book is essentially a summary as well as a critical review of the theoretical and experimental work done on Heavy Fermions.

· Extensive research references.

· Comprehensive review of a very rapidly growing number of theories.

· Summary of all important experiments.

· Comparison with other highly correlated systems such as High-Tc Superconductors.

· Possible Technological applications.

1. Overview of Heavy-Fermion Systems
2. Kondo Lattice, Mixed Valence and Heavy-Fermions
3. Dynamical, Extended Dynamical, and Cluster Dynamical Mean-Field Theories: (DMFT, EDMFT and Cluster DMFT)
4. Fermi Liquid, Heavy-Fermi Liquid and Non-Fermi Liquid Models
5. Metamagnetism in Heavy-Fermions (Experimental Review)
6. Theory of Metamagnetism in Heavy Fermions
7. Heavy-Fermion Superconductors (Ce-based Compounds)
8. U-based Superconducting Compounds
9. Filled Skutterdites and Trans-Uranium Superconductors
10. Brief Review of Theories of Heavy-Fermion Superconductivity
11 Kondo Insulators