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Anomalous magnetoresistance and hall current in the normal state of the cuprate superconductors

  • N. P. Ong
  • , T. W. Jing
  • , T. R. Chien
  • , Z. Z. Wang
  • , T. V. Ramakrishnan
  • , J. M. Tarascon
  • , K. Remschnig

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Abstract

Experiments on the normal-state Hall effect in YBa2Cu3O7 and the normal-state magnetoresistance in Bi2Sr2CuO6(Bi 2201) are described. The strong temperature dependence of the Hall resistivity is shown to derive from a 'Hall scattering rate' 1/τH that varies as the square of temperature, in contrast to the transport scattering rate 1/τtr. Scattering from zinc impurities increases both rates. We compare our results with a recent theory of Anderson. Low-temperature magnetoresistance (MR) has been used to extract the dephasing rate 1/τφ in single-crystal Bi 2001. Between 0.4 and 20 K, 1/τφ varies as T 1 3. We discuss the anomalous enhancement of the dephasing rate and implications for the usual quasi-particle picture. The MR in a longitudinal field shows novel features that do not fi t conventional interaction theory.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)34-39
Number of pages6
JournalPhysica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Volume185-189
Issue numberPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 1991

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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