Vn. Morgun et al., MECHANISMS OF ELECTRON-PHONON RELAXATION IN THERMO-EMF AND MAGNETOTHERMO-EMF OF AL AND IN AT LOW-TEMPERATURES, Fizika nizkih temperatur, 19(10), 1993, pp. 1087-1097
On the basis of experimental results for high-purity Al and literature
data for In, it is shown that for a noncompensated polyvalent metal w
ith a closed Fermi surface described by a weak pseudopotential, the th
ermo-emf and magnetothermo-emf at low temperatures are, according to t
he diffusion theory, determined by two competing contributions. One of
them is connected with the thermal electron diffusion and the phonon
entrainment in N-processes; it may be expressed in terms of the electr
on and lattice heat capacity of the crystal and varies in the magnetic
field similarly to the Hall (Rigi-Ledyuk) coefficient. The other is d
ue to the phonon entrainment in U-processes this may be expressed thro
ugh the components of the magnetoresistance tenser and contains the Pe
ierls exponent at T < T-0.