Nonlinear Hall effect for materials with weak thermoelectric power coefficients: preliminary comparisons between

Giorgio Sonnino1, Philippe Peeters

  • 1European Commission, Research Directorate-General, 8 Square de Meeus, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium. giorgio.sonnino@cec.eu.int

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|September 28, 2004
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