| Summary: | Employing a local moment approach to the periodic Anderson model within the framework of dynamical mean-field theory, direct comparison is made between theory and experiment for the dc transport and optical conductivities of paramagnetic heavy fermion and intermediate valence metals. Four materials, exhibiting a diverse range of behaviour in their transport/optics, are analysed in detail: CeB6, Y bAl3, CeAl3 and CeCoIn 5. Good agreement between theory and experiment is in general found, even quantitatively, and a mutually consistent picture of transport and optics results. © IOP Publishing Ltd.
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