title: Evolution of the Hall coefficient and the peculiar electronic structure of the cuprate superconductors.
abstract: Although the Hall coefficient R(H) is an informative transport property of metals and semiconductors, its meaning in the cuprate superconductors has been ambiguous because of its unusual characteristics. Here we show that a systematic study of R(H) in La2-xSrxCuO4 single crystals over a wide doping range establishes a qualitative understanding of its peculiar evolution, which turns out to reflect a two-component nature of the electronic structure caused by an unusual development of the Fermi surface recently uncovered by photoemission experiments.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Komae, Tokyo 201-8511, Japan. ando@criepi.denken.or.jp
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurita
authors.forename: Seiki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komiya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Segawa