Magnetoresistivity of metals. II. Application to 3d transition metal impurities in Cu

Abstract

For pt.I see ibid., vol.12, p.3039 (1982). A general theory given previously for the calculation of the galvanomagnetic properties using an expansion of the vector mean free path in sets of Fermi surface harmonics is applied to copper single crystals containing 3d transition metal impurities. Both the anisotropic Fermi surface of Cu according to an H NFE TB band structure and the anisotropy of the impurity scattering in terms of scattering phase shifts are taken into account. The Kohler diagrams of magnetoresistivity are calculated for the (001) direction of the magnetic field. Furthermore the authors discuss the influence of 3d transition metal impurities on the galvanomagnetic properties in low, intermediate and high magnetic fields.