THE EFFECT OF DIRECT f-f HOPPING ON THE HYBRIDIZATION GAP INSULATING BEHAVIOR OF THE PERIODIC ANDERSON LATTICE

By using the well known slave-boson technique and within the framework of mean field approximation, we study the effect of the direct f-f hopping on the low-temperature hybridization gap insulating behavior of the periodic Anderson lattice. The results show that the direct f-f hopping will decrease the hybridization gap or lead it to vanish. In the latter case, the lattice will exhibit no hybridization gap insulating behavior even if the lower renormalized band is fully occupied.