Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

Spin-disordered resistivity of ferromagnetic metals: the disordered local moment approach

Seminář Úterý, 30.04.2013 15:00 - 16:00

Přednášející: Josef Kudrnovský (Oddělení teorie kondenzovaných látek, FZÚ AV ČR, v.v.i.)
Místo: Na Slovance, přednáškový sál v přízemí
Jazyk: česky
Pořadatelé: Oddělení teorie kondenzovaných látek

Abstract: The spin-disorder resistivity (SDR) of transition metal ferromagnets, rare-earth metals, ordered transition metal ferromagnets, and Ni-based Heusler alloys is determined from first principles. We identify the SDR at the Curie temperature with the residual resistivity of the corresponding system evaluated in the framework of the disordered local moment (DLM) model which has the zero spin-spin correlation function. The Kubo-Greenwood approach is employed to estimate the resistivity.
The underlying electronic structure is determined in the framework of the tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbital method which employs the coherent potential approximation (CPA) to describe the DLM state. The DLM fixed-spin moment approach is used in the case when the DLM moment collapses and the open-core approach is adopted for rare-earth metals.
For bcc-Fe and Ni2MnSn Heusler alloy we also estimate the temperature dependence of the resistivity below the Curie temperature using semiempirical approach. Calculations are compared with an alternative supercell Kubo-Landauer approach developed recently. Overall good agreement with available experimental data is obtained.

In collaboration with V. Drchal, I.Turek, S. Khmelevskiy, J. Glasbrener, and K. Belashchenko,
Published: Phys.Rev. B85(2012) 214405 and Phys.Rev. B86 (2012) 214405

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