Spin accumulation in the spin Nernst effect

Abstract

The spin Nernst effect is a phenomenon in which the spin current flows perpendicular to a temperature gradient. Similar to the spin Hall effect, this phenomenon also causes spin accumulation at the boundaries. Here, we study the spin response to the gradient of the temperature gradient with the use of Green's functions. Our formalism predicts physically observable spin accumulation without the ambiguity regarding the definition of the spin current or the magnetization correction. We prove the generalized Mott relation between the electric and thermal responses assuming the presence of time-reversal symmetry and the absence of inelastic scattering. We also find that thermal spin accumulation vanishes for the three-dimensional Luttinger model but is nonzero for the two-dimensional Rashba model with $\delta$-function nonmagnetic disorder in the first Born approximation.

arXiv comment6 pages, 2 figures

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