We investigate interplay of topological and Kondo effects in a one-dimensional Kondo–Heisenberg model with nontrivial conduction band using the density matrix renormalization group method. By analyzing the density profile, the local hybridization, and the spin/charge gap, we find that the Kondo effect can be destructed at edges of the chain by the topological end state below a finite critical Kondo coupling <?CDATA
JKc?> J K c . We construct a phase diagram characterizing the transition of the end states.
The nature of the insulating phases of the
SU(N)-generalization of the one-dimensional Kondo lattice model is investigated by means of nonperturbative approaches. By extending the Lieb-Schultz-Mattis (LSM) argument to multicomponent fermion systems with translation and global
SU(N) symmetries, we derive two indices which depend on the filling and the ``
SU(N)-spin'' (representation) of the local moments. These indices strongly constrain possible insulating phases; for instance, when the local moments transform in the
N-dimensional (defining) representation of
SU(N), a featureless Kondo insulator is possible only at filling $f=1\ensuremath{-}1/N$. To obtain further insight into the insulating phases suggested by the LSM argument, we derive low-energy effective theories by adding an antiferromagnetic Heisenberg exchange interaction among the local moments [the
SU(N) Kondo-Heisenberg model]. A conjectured global phase diagram of the
SU(N) Kondo lattice model as a function of the filling and the Kondo coupling is then obtained by a combination of different analytical approaches.
We describe a family of one-dimensional (1D) liquids, which we call ``staggered liquids,'' in the phase diagram of the 1D Kondo-Heisenberg model. It encompasses three distinct spin-gapped liquids and a Luttinger liquid (LL) phase. A staggered liquid is characterized by gapless modes with a large Fermi-sea signature in the charge-density wave (CDW) mode, and the superconducting order involves the near condensation of charge-
2e Cooper pairs with finite center-of-mass momentum. In particular, the conventional gapless
2kF CDW and
k=0 pairing modes are absent. We analytically derive the phase transition from an intermediate-coupling spin-gap phase to the strong-coupling gapless LL phase of the Kondo-Heisenberg lattice model.