LOW-ENERGY-ELECTRON MEAN FREE-PATH AND ITS SPIN DEPENDENCE IN TRANSITION-METALS

Authors
DROUHIN HJ
Citation
Hj. Drouhin, LOW-ENERGY-ELECTRON MEAN FREE-PATH AND ITS SPIN DEPENDENCE IN TRANSITION-METALS, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 56(23), 1997, pp. 14886-14889
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
56
Issue
23
Year of publication
1997
Pages
14886 - 14889
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1997)56:23<14886:LMFAIS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A simple model is presented to estimate the low-energy electron mean f ree path in transition metals and to calculate its spin dependence. In this model, the electron-scattering rate is directly related to the n umber of holes in the d bands; its spin asymmetry is almost proportion al to the spin magnetic moment. These quantities show a weak energy de pendence from the vacuum level up to a few tens of eV above the metal Fermi level.