Published September 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Theory of Colossal Magnetoresistance in R1-xAxMnO3

  • 1. Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 (United States)
  • 2. National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China)

Description

A localization model comprising spin disorder and nonmagnetic randomness is presented to account for novel magnetotransport properties in Mn oxides R1-xAxMnO3. Localization length of electrons as a function of magnetization is determined by means of the transfer matrix method. Including the Coulomb interaction between electrons, the variable-range hopping resistivity is calculated as a function of temperature and magnetic field. The resulting sharp resistivity peak near the Curie temperature and, in particular, the magnitude of the colossal negative magnetoresistance are in good agreement with experimental measurements. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1710-1713.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO