Weak-localization type description of conduction in the "anomalous" metallic state

dc.creatorAltshuler, B. L.
dc.creatorMartin, G. W.
dc.creatorMaslov, D. L.
dc.creatorPudalov, V. M.
dc.creatorPrinz, A.
dc.creatorBrunthaler, G.
dc.creatorBauer, G.
dc.date2000-08-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:38:22Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:38:22Z
dc.descriptionThis paper is devoted to the temperature dependence of the resistivity in Si- MOS samples over the wide range of densities in the ``metallic phase'' (n>n_c) but not too close to the critical density n_c. Three domains of different behavior in ρ(T) are identified. These are: [i] quantum domain of `low-temperatures', where a logarithmic T-dependence of ρ(with $dρ/dT<0$) dominates; [ii] semi-classical domain of `high-temperatures', in which Drude resistivity strongly varies with T (with dρ/dT>0); and [ii] crossover between the former two, where a linear T-dependence dominates (with dρ/dT>0). In the crossover regime and at higher densities (n>20x10^{11}/cm^2), ρ(T) goes through a minimum at temperature T_{min}. Both the absolute value of T_{min} and its dependence on density are found to be in an agreement with the conventional weak-localization theory. For n smaller than \sim 20x10^{11}/cm^2, the theoretical estimate for T_{min} falls outside the experimentally accessible temperature range. This explains the absence of the minimum at these densities in the data. In total, over the two decades in the temperature (domains [ii] and [iii]), the two semiclassical effects mimic the metallic like transport properties. Our analysis shows that the behaviour of ρ(T) in the region of ρ<< h/e^2 can be described phenomenologically in terms of the conventional weak-localization theory.
dc.descriptionLaTex, 9 pages with 9 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0008005
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0008005
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/16643
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.titleWeak-localization type description of conduction in the "anomalous" metallic state
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