Hall effect in the perovskite manganites

We compute the zero temperature phase diagram and the Hall response of the doped perovskite manganites within the model of double exchange and Jahn-Teller coupling, employing the large dimensionality approximation proposed by Millis et al. We find that in this scenario a ``hole - like'' $R_H$ for the hole doped manganites, as observed at low temperature by Matl et al., can be obtained only when lattice distortions persist in the metallic state at zero temperature. The calculated temperature dependence of $R_H$ seems to be consistent with the measured ``normal'' Hall coefficient in thin films.