Fig. 2

Spatially dependent Kondo screening within a droplet. Spatial structure of Kondo droplets consisting of three rings of magnetic adatoms with distance a \(\Delta {r}_{{\rm{1}}}=n{a}_{0}\) and b \(\Delta {r}_{{\rm{2}}}=\sqrt{3}n{a}_{0}\), with \(n\) integer, here shown for \(n=1\). For clarity, the rings are shown using different adatom colors. c Hybridization \(s({\bf{r}})\) for different sites in the Kondo droplet shown in b with \(\Delta {r}_{{\rm{2}}}=4\sqrt{3}{a}_{0}\) with increasing number of rings of magnetic adatoms. Spatial structure of d \(s({\bf{r}})\) and e \(\Delta {E}_{{\rm{K}}}({\bf{r}})\) for a Kondo droplet with three rings of adatoms and \(\Delta {r}_{{\rm{2}}}=4\sqrt{3}{a}_{0}\).