Galvanomagnetic Effects in Antimony

Abstract

The galvanomagnetic effects in antimomy have been measured at low magnetic fields in the temperature range 50-300\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}K. It is shown that the behavior of the resistivity and the Hall coefficients at low temperatures is in qualitative agreement with the model of two overlapping bands as proposed by Windmiller and by Falicov and Lin. However, the initial increase in the Hall coefficient ${\ensuremath{\rho}}_{23,1}$ with temperature indicates the possibility of another hole band with the band edge lying close to the Fermi level.