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Kondo screening and random-singlet formation in highly disordered systems

Lucas G. Rabelo, Igor C. Almeida, Eduardo Miranda, Vladimir Dobrosavljević, and Eric C. Andrade

Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 28 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/9fn5-mlwg

Abstract

We introduce a minimal effective framework designed to address the anomalous low-temperature thermodynamics observed in strongly disordered interacting systems near a metal-insulator transition, such as doped semiconductors. Our approach examines how a strongly inhomogeneous electronic bath quenches dilute pairs of local magnetic moments. By solving the resulting two-impurity Kondo-Heisenberg problem within a large-𝒩 variational framework, we capture the competition between the Kondo screening and random-singlet formation. Both mechanisms give rise to singular thermodynamic responses, producing a magnetic susceptibility of the form χ(T)∼T−α, where the exponent α evolves smoothly with the model parameters and saturates in the metallic regime, consistent with experimental observations. Our results establish a unified framework that connects random-singlet physics and disorder-induced Kondo screening in strongly disordered correlated materials.

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