Spin-dependent Boltzmann equation and GMR in metallic granular systems

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2002

Authors

Lopes, JMV (Author) Other; dos Santos, JMBL (Author) FCUP; Pogorelov, YG (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Vol. 242

Pages: 482-484

ISSN: 0304-8853

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Materials engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-PW8

DOI: 10.1016/s0304-8853(01)01056-3

Abstract (EN): Based on explicit treatment of spin-dependent components of non-equilibrium distribution function within the formalism of Boltzmann equation, the problem of magnetotransport in a system of magnetic granules embedded into a non-magnetic metallic host has been considered, For a specific model of spin-dependent perturbation potential by the granules, an exact solution for distribution function has been found, yielding a magnetoresistance ratio which contains, besides the common long-range-order term similar to m(2) (the square of uniform magnetization), a term by correlations between magnetic granules. The obtained peculiar structure of the distribution function in the reciprocal space underlines the specifies of transport processes in such a system, compared to the known behavior of uniform metals.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3