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Effect of double exchange and diagonal disorder on the magnetic and transport properties of La Sr MnO . 1−x x 3 R. Allub∗ and B. Alascio∗ Centro At´omico Bariloche, (8400) S. C. de Bariloche, Argentina. 6 9 9 1 Abstract g u A We use a model previously formulated based on the double exchange mech- 1 2 anism and diagonal disorder to calculate magnetization and conductivity for 1 La Sr MnO type crystals as a function of temperature. The model repre- v 1−x x 3 6 8 sents each Mn4+ ion by a spin S=1/2, on which an electron can be added to 0 8 3+ 0 produce Mn . We include a hopping energy t, two strong intratomic inter- 6 9 actions: exchange J, and Coulomb U, and, to represent in a simple way the / t a effects of disorder, a Lorentzian distribution of diagonal energies of width Γ m - at the Mn sites. d n o In the strong coupling limit, J,U t, Γ, the model results can be ex- c : v pressed in terms of t and Γ. i X We use the results of the model to draw ”phase diagrams” that separate r a ferromagnetic from paramagnetic states and also ”insulating ” states where the Fermi level falls in a region of localized states from ”metallic ” where the Fermi level falls in a region of extended states. Finally, assuming that particles in extended states make the largest contri- bution to conductivity, we calculate the resistivity for different conce