Variable-range cotunneling and conductivity of a granular metal |
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Authors: | M V Feigel’man A S Ioselevich |
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Institution: | (1) Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119334, Russia |
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Abstract: | The Efros-Shklovskii (E-S) law for the conductivity of granular metals is interpreted as a result of a variable-range cotunneling process. The cotunneling between distant resonant grains is predominantly elastic at low T ≤ T c , while it is inelastic (i.e., accompanied by creation of electron-hole pairs on a string of intermediate non-resonant grains) at T ≥ T c . The corresponding E-S temperature T ES , in the latter case, is slightly (logarithmically) T dependent. The magnetoresistance in the two cases is different: it may be relatively strong and negative at T?T c , while, at T > T c , it is suppressed due to inelastic processes, which destroy the interference. |
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