Abstract

We study the low-energy states of Kondo alloys as a function of the magnetic impurity concentration per site x and the conduction electron average site occupation n(c). Using two complementary approaches, the mean-field coherent potential approximation and the strong-coupling limit, we identify and characterize two different Fermi-liquid regimes. We propose that both regimes are separated by a Lifshitz transition at x=n(c). Indeed, we predict a discontinuity of the number of quasiparticles that are enclosed in the Fermi surface. This feature could provide a scenario for the non-Fermi liquid properties that were recently observed in Kondo alloy systems around x=n(c).

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