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Theory for the electromigration wind force in dilute alloys
A multiple scattering formulation for the electromigration wind force on
atoms in dilute alloys is developed. The theory describes electromigration via
a vacancy mechanism. The method is used to calculate the wind valence for
electromigration in various host metals having a close-packed lattice
structure, namely aluminum, the noble metals copper, silver and gold and the
transition metals. The self-electromigration results for aluminum and the
noble metals compare well with experimental data. For the metals small
wind valences are found, which make these metals attractive candidates for the
experimental study of the direct valence.Comment: 18 pages LaTeX, epsfig, 8 figures. to appear in Phys. Rev. B 56 of
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