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Transversal Effect in a Metal‐to‐Metal Interface
Author(s) -
Maldonado O.,
Bustamante M.,
Rössler J.,
Gottlieb D.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3951(199908)214:2<315::aid-pssb315>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - transversal (combinatorics) , boltzmann equation , condensed matter physics , physics , boltzmann constant , impurity , monte carlo method , quantum mechanics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , statistics
It is shown that a transversal potential appears when a current flows along a film with a transversal impurity gradient. The potential is evaluated in the relaxation time approximation for the Boltzmann‐Bloch equation, being quadratic in the applied field. Semi‐classical Monte Carlo simulations have verified those results.