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Schrieffer- Wolff llansformation 743

Xfl,ffconsists of many terms, and it is useful to divide them into


classes. The most interesting pieces describe the scattering of a conduc-
tion electron on an f-site. To learn about such processes, let us collect
k + q contributions which contain the factor vkvGei(k-q)j, and also
(Ek - ef)-' or (eq - E f ) - l . Here we assume k # q.

(D.lO)

The first two terms describe spin-flip scattering. In view of the global
spin-rotational invariance, it is desirable to rewrite the other terms
so that an isotropic c-f spin-spin coupling can be identified. This
is achieved by introducing 2Si = Xitt - Xjtl for the f-spins, and
making use of identities like Xit4 + XFto
J = 1 - njt
- f = fjtfj'+* he
abovestanding expression can be rewritten as

Similar contributions can be collected with (Ek - - Vf)-l from

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