The Hall Effect in Metals and Alloys (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1 The Dynamics of Electrons in Metals: Low-Temperature Effects...- 1.1. Theoretical Conditions.- 1.2. Definition of the Hall Effect.- 1.3. Semiclassical Electronic Motion with Electric and Magnetic Fields.- 1.3.1. Compensation in Metals.- 1.4. Quantum Effects.- 1.4.1. Quantum Oscillations.- 1.4.2. Magnetic Breakdown.- 1.5. Size Effects.- 1.5.1. Classical Size Effects.- 1.5.2. Quantum Size Effects.- 2 The Hall Effect in Limiting Cases.- 2.1. The Hall Effect in the Classical High-Field Limit.- 2.1.1. The Hall Effect with No Open Orbits.- 2.1.2. The Hall Effect with Open Orbits.- 2.1.3. Chambers' Expression for the Conductivity Tensor.- 2.2. The Hall Effect in the Low-Field Limit.- 2.2.1. The Case with Localized Magnetic Moments.- 2.2.2. The Low-Field Spin Component.- 2.3. The Hall Effect in the Two-Band Model.- 3 The Hall Effect in Nearly-Free-Electron Metals.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. The Harrison Construction.- 3.3. The Examples of Al and In.- 3.3.1. Case of the High-Field Limit.- 3.3.2. Case of the Low-Field Limit.- 3.3.3. Case of the Intermediate-Field Region.- 4 The Hall Effect in Group 1B Metals.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. The Hall Effect in the Pure Group 1B Metals.- 4.2.1. The Dependence of R on Magnetic Field.- 4.2.2. The Dependence of R on Temperature.- 4.3. The Hall Effect in Very Dilute Alloys.- 4.4. The Hall Effect in Alloys with B-Metal Solutes.- 5 The Hall Effect in Magnetic Metals.- 5.1. Phenomenological Aspects.- 5.2. Some Conduction-Electron Spin Interactions.- 5.3. Survey of the Theoretical Developments.- 5.3.1. Theories with Itinerant Magnetic Carriers.- 5.3.2. Theories with Localized Magnetic Carriers.- 6Experimental Techniques and the Hall Effect in Unusual Conditions.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Sources of Error.- 6.3. Methods with Electrical Contact to the Sample.- 6.3.1. dc Methods.- 6.3.2. ac Methods.- 6.4. Methods without Contacts.- 6.5. Measurements under Unusual Conditions.- 6.5.1. Measurements at High Pressures.- 6.5.2. Measurements on Liquid Metals.- 6.5.3. The Hall Effect in Superconductors.- 7 A Guide to the Literature for Metallic Elements and Binary Metallic Alloys.- Appendix A Derivation of Expression (2.59).- Appendix B Units and Conversion Factors.- Notes Added in Proof.- Author Index.