Static skin effect in a magnetic field oriented obliquely to the plate surface
Abstract
The thickness-averaged electrical conductivity of a plate of a typical metal with an atomically smooth surface and of a plate of a semimetal in a magnetic field oriented obliquely to the plate surface is examined, as is also the consequences of the skin effect for the current under these conditions. The conditions are established under which multichannel specular reflection of electrons by the surface appreciably influences the electrical conductivity and can thus be detected experimentally. In a plate of a semimetal there is demonstrated the existence of two skin-effect layers and the transition is tracked which occurs as the field inclination angle changes from the diffuse size effect to one corresponding to the static skin effect, a transition also characteristic of a typical metal.