Re: [Vo]:Spin phonons - transversal heat conduction

2012-10-05 Thread David Roberson
-Original Message- From: David Jonsson davidjonssonswe...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 8:38 am Subject: [Vo]:Spin phonons - transversal heat conduction Hi Heat can flow even transversal to the kinetic motion of heat, right? David

Re: [Vo]:Spin phonons - transversal heat conduction

2012-10-05 Thread Nigel Dyer
The question makes sense, but I am intrigued by the inclusion of the word spin in the title. Most heat conduction calculations do not include the effect of spin, but there is work that does, and the quanta of interest is then a magnon, and it all appears to get very complicated. Nigel On