<< when a metal contains magnetic impurities, conduction electrons can form a screening cloud, which essentially screens the impurity's spin. This physical phenomenon is known as the Kondo effect; thus, the resulting cloud is referred to as a Kondo cloud. >>
<< While the behavior of the Kondo cloud in normal systems is well-understood, its properties in the presence of superconducting materials have not yet been explored in depth. So far, most physicists have believed that the screening of impurity spins in hybrid nanostructures takes place predominantly in the screened, rather than in the unscreened, quantum phase. >>
<< The system we considered exhibits a quantum phase transition when the ground state changes between the Kondo state and the so-called Shiba state, (..) Up to now, it was believed that the screening occurs in the Kondo phase. Quite strikingly, we have however, demonstrated that the Kondo cloud exists also in the unscreened phase. >> Ireneusz Weymann.
Ingrid Fadelli. Study predicts the behavior of a Kondo cloud in a superconductor. Phys.org. Nov 23, 2021.
Catalin Pascu Moca, Ireneusz Weymann, et al. Kondo Cloud in a Superconductor. Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 186804. Oct 27, 2021.
keywords: gst, nano, hybrid nanostructure, superconductor, transition, impurity, Kondo cloud, Kondo effect
