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Small-angle scattering in a marginal Fermi liquid

E. C. Carter and A. J. Schofield
Phys. Rev. B 66, 241102(R) – Published 17 December 2002
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Abstract

We study the magnetotransport properties of a model of small-angle scattering in a marginal Fermi liquid. Such a model has been proposed by Varma and Abrahams [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4652 (2001)] to account for the anomalous temperature dependence of in-plane magnetotransport properties of the high-Tc cuprates. We study the resistivity, Hall angle, and magnetoresistance using both analytical and numerical techniques. We find that small-angle scattering only generates a difference in temperature dependence between the inverse Hall angle and the resistivity near particle-hole symmetric Fermi surfaces where the conventional Hall term vanishes. The magnetoresistance always shows Kohler’s rule behavior.

  • Received 24 September 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.241102

©2002 American Physical Society

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E. C. Carter and A. J. Schofield

  • Theoretical Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom

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Vol. 66, Iss. 24 — 15 December 2002

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