The Hall effect in Zn-doped YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-δ} revisited: Hall angle and the pseudogap

Abstract

The temperature dependence of the Hall coefficient is measured with a high accuracy in a series of Zn-doped YBCO_{6.78} crystals with the Zn concentration from 0% to 1.3%. We found that the cotangent of the Hall angle, cot(θ_H), starts to deviate upward from the T^2 dependence below T_0 (which is roughly 130 K), regardless of the Zn concentration. We discuss that this deviation is caused by the pseudogap; the direction of the deviation and its insensitivity to the Zn doping suggest that the pseudogap affects cot(θ_H) through a change in the effective mass, rather than through a change in the Hall scattering rate.

arXiv comment4 pages including 4 eps figures, final version published in Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Communications

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