Schematic Visualization of the Anomalous Velocity (IMAGE)

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

Schematic Visualization of the Anomalous Velocity

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Schematic visualization of the anomalous velocity. Charge carriers having a particular spin (green arrows) are accelerated in an electric field and experience a velocity perpendicular to the electric field.

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