Microscopic Models for Electron Hydrodynamics

ORAL

Abstract

A novel regime of transport whereby electrons behave like a viscous fluid has been the subject of intense study over the past few years. By using various kinetic and hydrodynamic models, we will study the conditions under which such a regime can be obtained and the experimental signatures one should look for. We will show in particular that the viscous Hall effect is a very useful probe of hydrodynamic effects and that the interplay of restricted geometries and applied magnetic fields leads to extremely rich physics.

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Presenters

  • Thomas Scaffidi

    Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley, Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Univ of California - Berkeley, University of Oxford

Authors

  • Thomas Scaffidi

    Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley, Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Univ of California - Berkeley, University of Oxford

  • Nabhanila Nandi

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

  • Burkhard Schmidt

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

  • Andrew P. Mackenzie

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

  • Joel Moore

    Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Univ of California - Berkeley, Physics, University of California, Berkeley, University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley