Electron transport and energy relaxation in dilute magnetic alloys
Electron transport and energy relaxation in dilute magnetic alloys
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稀磁合金中的电子输运和能量弛豫
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2003
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A. Larkin
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M. Vavilov;L. Glazman;A. Larkin;A. Larkin
We consider the effect of the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida~RKKY! interaction between magnetic impurities on the electron relaxation rates in a normal metal. The interplay between the RKKY interaction and the Kondo effect may result in a nonmonotonic temperature dependence of the electron momentum relaxation rate, which determines the Drude conductivity. The electron phase relaxation rate, which determines the magnitude of the weak-localization correction to the resistivity, is also a nonmonotonic function of temperature. For this function, we find the dependence of the position of its maximum on the concentration of magnetic impurities. We also relate the electron energy relaxation rate to the excitation spectrum of the system of magnetic impurities. The energy relaxation determines the distribution function for the out-of-equilibrium electrons. Measurement of the electron distribution function thus may provide information about the excitations in the spin-glass phase.