It is established that the Hall effect in Fe/SiO2 nanocomposite films in th
e activational tunneling conduction range is anomalous, i.e., the Hall resi
stivity rho(h) is proportional to the magnetization and is due to the spin-
orbit interaction. The parametric coupling of the Hall and longitudinal (rh
o(xx)) resistances rho(h)proportional to rho(xx)(m) (with temperature as th
e parameter) is characterized by a much lower value of the exponent m than
in a uniform ferromagnetic metal. This circumstance is attributed to the ch
aracteristic features of the Hall effect mechanism in the hopping regime -
in our case, the interference of the amplitudes of tunneling transitions in
a set of three granules. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-36
40(99)00514-9].