Anomalous hall heat current and nernst effect in the CuCr2Se4-xBrx ferromagnet

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Nov 26;93(22):226601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.226601. Epub 2004 Nov 22.

Abstract

In a ferromagnet, an anomalous Hall heat current, given by the off-diagonal Peltier term alpha(xy), accompanies the anomalous Hall current. By combining Nernst, thermopower, and Hall experiments, we have measured how alpha(xy) varies with hole density and lifetime tau in CuCr2Se4-xBrx. At low temperatures T, we find that alpha(xy) is independent of tau, consistent with anomalous-velocity theories. Its magnitude is fixed by a microscopic geometric area A approximately 34 A(2). Our results are incompatible with some models of the Nernst effect in ferromagnets.