Excitonic Bound State in the Extended Anderson Model with c-f Coulomb Interaction

Abstract

The Anderson model with the Coulomb interaction between the local and conduction electrons is studied in the semiconducting phase. Based on a perturbation theory from the atomic limit, leading contributions for the c-f Coulomb interaction are incorporated as a vertex correction to hybridization. An analytical solution shows that the effective attraction in the intermediate states leads to a bound state localized at the local electron site. Self-consistent equations are constructed as an extension of the non-crossing approximation (NCA) to include the vertex part yielding the bound state. A numerical calculation demonstrates the excitonic bound state inside the semiconducting gap for single-particle excitations, and a discontinuity at the gap edge for magnetic excitations.