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The contribution of spin fluctuations to resistivity in B20 metals MnSi and MnGe
Mn-based metallic helimagnets (MnSi and MnGe) were studied by detailed measurements of electrical resistivity
at temperatures 2–300 K and magnetic fields up to 8.2 T. To interpret the data the procedure of ρ(T) analysis was
applied. The approach presented here is based on River-Zlatic model [N. Rivier, and V. Zlatic, J. Phys. F: Met.
Phys. 2, L87 (1972)]. The decomposition performed allowed identifying along with electron–phonon component
the additional one caused by the scattering of electrons on localized spin fluctuations (LSF). It was shown that the
last contribution plays significant role not only in paramagnetic (PM) but also in magnetically ordered states of
compounds under investigation. Spin fluctuation temperature was estimated as θlsf(MnSi) ≈ 120 K and
θlsf(MnGe) ≈ 250–300 K. This model may be applied to the resistivity analysis in other d-metallic systems.