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Past exam of the quantum condensed matter course of the University of Cambridge 2013 1 c Solution by
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For one isotropic carrier species in the Drude model, the longitudinal electrical resistivity at zero transverse electric current is , and the Hall electrical resistivity has magnitude . Equivalently, the electric field balances the magnetic deflection through , while . Therefore the magnitude of the Hall angle obeysThe required ratio givesThe electron density cancels. With electric current along and field along , Electrons have negative Hall coefficient and hence ; the requested one-percent condition concerns the magnitude. This calculation assumes Electrons dominate transport and the transverse contacts draw no electric current, so a Hall field can develop.
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