The Quasi-Periodic Table and Anomalous Metallic Properties

Abstract

We compare the electron states in atoms and solids in an attempt to gain some insight into the quasi-localized behavior of the heavy-electron materials. These materials occur in compounds containing elements that have uncertainties in their electronic configurations both in the free atoms and in the metals. We find that unlike the long range phenomena of conventional superconductivity in the transition metals and local-moment magnetism in the rare-earth systems, the site quantum numbers in the heavy-electron systems have not yet been determined. These uncertainties lead to the anomalous properties of these systems.KeywordsAnomalous PropertyKondo ModelLattice Kondo ModelKondo ProblemItinerant MagnetismThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.