Electrical measurements in strongly correlated systems and the relationship with magnetic properties: The Kelvin effect in a.c. conductivity measurements.

• Grant number: 07/08101-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2008
• End date: November 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Lygia Christina de Moura Walmsley
• Grantee: Caio Fernando Rodrigues dos Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas (IGCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Depending on the sample geometry the Kelvin or skin effect can be observed in a.c. measurements in conductive samples. The purpose of this project is to study this effect in the samples it has been identified.