Axil, I think the preprint - http://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.1001v2.pdf and its references, provide the theory, but not in an easily digestible form. I have only glanced at it. Only a few highly motivated experts in spintronics will read it.
-- Lou Pagnucco Axil^2 wrote: > What the paper does not do is explain exactly how heat is converted into a > magnetic field. > > Is it a Topological insulator photonic edge effect? > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Alan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 12:50:56 PM >> >> Interesting. Possibly related to the large magnetic fields reported >> in the Defkalion demo - the Magnetic Seebeck effect: >> >> "Scientist use heat to make magnets" >> http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/10/scientist-use-heat-make-magnets >> >> Ir would be rather ironic if Rossi's electric field also turned out to >> be >> a Seebeck effect : full circle! >> >> >

