Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1211–1214 (1999)Phonon-Induced Spin Relaxation of Conduction Electrons in AluminumReceived 12 April 1999; published in the issue dated 9 August 1999 Spin-flip Eliashberg function αS2F and temperature-dependent spin relaxation time T1(T) are calculated for aluminum using realistic pseudopotentials. The spin-flip electron-phonon coupling constant λS is found to be 2.5×10-5. The calculations agree with experiments validating the Elliott-Yafet theory and the spin-hot-spot picture of spin relaxation for polyvalent metals. © 1999 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1211
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1211
PACS:
71.70.Ej, 75.40.Gb, 76.30.Pk
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