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Influence of Disorder on the Hall Effect in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CuO$_{6+\delta}$

Superconductivity 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

The in-plane resistivity and Hall coefficient have been measured for the single-layer compound Bi2_2Sr2_2CuO6+δ_{6+\delta} for the whole range of doping states. The deviation of the Hall coefficient, RHR_H, from a high-temperature linear behavior and the temperature dependence of the Hall angle are both only weakly dependent upon doping, contrasting with Bi2_2Sr2x_{2-x}Lax_xCuO6+δ_{6+\delta} and Bi2_2Sr2_2CaCuO8+δ_{8+\delta}. This is in contradiction with former proposals that the transverse transport detects the formation of incoherent Cooper pairs in the pseudogap state. Conversely, the analysis of the data using a phenomenological angular dependent scattering rate clearly allows to distinguish between underdoped and overdoped states, and we propose that the maximum in RH(T)R_H(T) simply arises due to the combination of a large isotropic scattering rate and an anisotropic temperature dependent one.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0611184,
  title  = {Influence of Disorder on the Hall Effect in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CuO$_{6+\delta}$},
  author = {L. Fruchter and H. Raffy and F. Bouquet and Z. Z. Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0611184},
  year   = {2009}
}