Heavy quasiparticles in CeRh₂As₂: Renormalized bands, Fermi surfaces, and electronic instabilities

We present calculations of the heavy quasiparticles in the heavy-fermion compoundCeRh₂As₂. The narrow 4f-derived bands are calculated by means of the Renormalized Band (RB) method. The RB scheme provides a framework for a realistic description of the coherent low-energy excitations in a Fermi liquid which combines material-specific ab-initio methods and phenomenological considerations in the spirit of the Landau theory of Fermi liquids. The central focus of the present study are the role played by the non-symmorphic lattice structure and the consequences of the Crystalline Electric Field (CEF) which removes the orbital degeneracy of the Ce 4f states. We conjecture that the quasi-quartet CEF ground state in combination with pronounced nesting features of the Fermi surface may give rise to a quadrupole density wave.