On the electron scattering and dephasing by the nuclear spins

2000/04/29 by A. M. Dyugaev, Dyugaev, A. M., I. D. Vagner +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.supr-con

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0005005

12 pages, no figures

arxiv created 2000/04/29 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We show that scattering of the conduction electrons by nuclear spins via the hyperfine interaction may lead the upper limit on the mean free path in clean metals. Nuclear spins with s >1/2 may cause a strong dephasing in dirty limit due to the quadrupole coupling to the random potential fluctuations caused by static impurities and lattice imperfections.

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