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Transport Properties in Antiferromagnetic Quantum Griffiths Phases
EPL
  • David Nozadze
  • Thomas Vojta, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

We study the electrical resistivity in the quantum Griffiths phase associated with the antiferromagnetic quantum phase transition in a metal. The resistivity is calculated by means of the semi-classical Boltzmann equation. We show that the scattering of electrons by locally ordered rare regions leads to a singular temperature dependence. The rare-region contribution to the resistivity varies as Tλ with temperature T, where λ is the usual Griffiths exponent which takes the value zero at the critical point and increases with distance from criticality. We find similar singular contributions to other transport properties such as thermal resistivity, thermopower and the Peltier coefficient. We also compare our results with existing experimental data and suggest new experiments.

Department(s)
Physics
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2011 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
9-1-2011
Publication Date
01 Sep 2011
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Citation Information
David Nozadze and Thomas Vojta. "Transport Properties in Antiferromagnetic Quantum Griffiths Phases" EPL Vol. 95 Iss. 5 (2011) p. 57010-p1 - 57010-p5 ISSN: 0295-5075
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas-vojta/54/