 Scattering-weighted spin-channel asymmetry

A channel's electrical conductivity weights its density of states by squared velocity and the transport momentum relaxation time. In an elementary spin-conserving $s$–$d$ scattering model, ${\tau }_s^{-1}\propto |V_{sd,s}{|}^2{D}_{d,s}(E_F)$, so available heavy final states can reduce the current carried by light states. Band filling, defects and interfaces affect the asymmetry; total spin population alone does not determine its sign. A density-of-states sketch without scattering matrix elements is not a universal transport prediction.