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D Wagenknecht1,2, I Turek2
1Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, CZ-12116 Praha 2, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
Transport properties of hexagonal transition metals Co, Ru, and Os at finite temperatures are studied by means of ab initio electronic structure techniques and the Kubo linear response theory. An alloy analogy model for a quantitative treatment of the electrical conductivities due to temperature-induced lattice vibrations (phonons) and spin fluctuations is applied with focus on anisotropy induced by the hexagonal structure. The resistivity anisotropy in Co is found opposite to that in Ru and Os, in agreement with existing experimental data. This result is ascribed to the strong itinerant ferromagnetism of Co which leads to profound differences in the electronic structure and conductivities in the majority and minority spin channels. A similar sensitivity to spin polarization is predicted for the anisotropy of residual resistivity in random hexagonal Co-rich Co-Ni and Co-Ni-Fe alloys.
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