The ground-state properties of the symmetric periodic Anderson model in one
dimension and at half filling have been studied using the local mean-field
(LMF) method. We have calculated the ground-state energy, the local f and
conduction moment, the effective hybridization, the double occupancy, and t
he projected f and conduction density of states. The LMF results are in goo
d agreement with Monte Carlo results and with second-order perturbation the
ory in the fluctuations results, under the extreme conditions of the one di
mensionality. The f- and c-projected density of states show that there is a
smooth change in the partial density of states with increasing U, from tho
se of an uncorrelated, hybridized system to those expected for a strongly c
orrelated system, in which the conduction band and the f states are decoupl
ed. [S0163-1829(99)08443-X].