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Local geometry of the Fermi surface and its effect on the electronic characteristics of normal metals

 a, b
a Department of Physics and Electronics, University of Puerto Rico-Humacao, CUH Station, Humacao, Puerto Rico, USA
b Institute for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

Fine features in the Fermi surface geometry, such as nearly cylindrical or nearly paraboloidal strips or local flattenings, are examined as regards their effect on the electronic, mainly galvanomagnetic, properties of metals. It is shown that under certain conditions, these features may significantly change the way a conventional normal metal or a layered structure with metallic conductivity responds to high-frequency external disturbances. All of the effects considered appear to be very sensitive to the disturbance propagation direction and/or to that of the external magnetic field. Experimental possibilities of observing the described effects are discussed.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201108a.0793
PACS: 71.10.Ay, 75.47.−m, 76.40.+b (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201108a.0793
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/8/a/
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Citation: Zimbovskaya N A "Local geometry of the Fermi surface and its effect on the electronic characteristics of normal metals" Phys. Usp. 54 769–798 (2011)
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T1 Local geometry of the Fermi surface and its effect on the electronic characteristics of normal metals
A1 Zimbovskaya,N.A.
PB Physics-Uspekhi
PY 2011
FD 10 Aug, 2011
JF Physics-Uspekhi
JO Phys. Usp.
VO 54
IS 8
SP 769-798
DO 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201108a.0793
LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/8/a/

Received: 10th, September 2010, revised: 9th, January 2011, 11th, January 2011

Оригинал: Зимбовская Н А «Локальная геометрия поверхности Ферми и её влияние на наблюдаемые электронные характеристики нормальных металлов» УФН 181 793–826 (2011); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201108a.0793

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