{
  "id": "cond-mat/0506676",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2005-06-27T14:49:34.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-10-25T14:53:18.000Z",
  "title": "Spin transverse force on spin current in an electric field",
  "authors": [
    "Shun-Qing Shen"
  ],
  "comment": "Revised version for publication, 4 page, 1 figure",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 187203 (2005)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.187203",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.other"
  ],
  "abstract": "As a relativistic quantum mechanical effect, it is shown that the electric field exerting a transverse force on an electron spin 1/2 only if the electron is moving and the spin is polarized along the electric field. The spin force, analogue to the Lorentz for on an electron charge in a magnetic field, is perpendicular to the electric field and the spin current polarized anong the electric field. This spin-dependent force can be used to understand the zitterbewegung of electron wave packet with spin-orbit coupling and is relevant to the generation of the charge Hall effect driven by the spin current in semiconductors.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2005-10-25T14:53:18.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "electric field",
      "spin transverse force",
      "charge hall effect driven",
      "relativistic quantum mechanical effect",
      "electron wave packet"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}