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Small-angle scattering in a marginal Fermi-liquid

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the magnetotransport properties of a model of small-angle scattering in a marginal Fermi liquid. Such a model has been proposed by Varma and Abrahams [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4652 (2001)] to account for the anomalous temperature dependence of in-plane magnetotransport properties of the high-Tc cuprates. We study the resistivity, Hall angle and magnetoresistance using both analytical and numerical techniques. We find that small-angle scattering only generates a new temperature dependence for the Hall angle near particle-hole symmetric Fermi surfaces where the conventional Hall term vanishes. The magnetoresistance always shows Kohler's rule behavior.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0209003,
  title  = {Small-angle scattering in a marginal Fermi-liquid},
  author = {E. C. Carter and A. J. Schofield},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0209003},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, Revtex4