Overlooked contribution to the Hall effect in ferromagnetic metals

J. E. Hirsch
Phys. Rev. B 60, 14787 – Published 1 December 1999
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Abstract

It is pointed out that in ferromagnetic metals a contribution to the Hall voltage arises when a nonzero spin current exists, which is generally the case in the presence of a charge current. This contribution is independent of any scattering effects and exists down to zero temperature. The sign of the resulting Hall coefficient may be either equal or opposite to the one of the ordinary Hall coefficient depending on the band filling. This effect seems to have been left out in previous analyses of the Hall effect in ferromagnetic metals.

  • Received 15 March 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.60.14787

©1999 American Physical Society

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J. E. Hirsch

  • Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0319

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Vol. 60, Iss. 21 — 1 December 1999

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