Abstract
The experimental properties of URu 2Si 2 are briefly discussed to demonstrate that the lattice degrees of freedom may be tightly involved into the mixed valence phenomenon and the heavy fermion behavior. Instead of describing the f-electrons in terms of rigid single ion orbitals, we emphasize the importance of the lattice effects in localization of an f-electron near the given site. In view that so many pertinent interactions and parameters are involved, a phenomenological approach to the problem is discussed in terms of the generalized Anderson model for single centers. Implications of the picture to the symmetry considerations are discussed in some more details for URu 2Si 2. Some features of the Kondo insulator state are also discussed to indicate that they may also be compatible with the developed views.
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