Linear magnetoresistance in metals: Guiding center diffusion in a smooth random potential

We predict that guiding center (GC) diffusion yields a linear and nonsaturating (transverse) magnetoresistance in 3D metals. Our theory is semiclassical and applies in the regime where the transport time is much greater than the cyclotron period and for weak disorder potentials which are slowly vary...

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Main Authors: Song, Justin C. W., Refael, Gil, Lee, Patrick A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99962
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-8157