Hot-electron relaxation in metals within the Götze-Wölfle memory function formalism

DOI10.1142/S0217979216500715zbMATH Open1337.82011arXiv1509.03418MaRDI QIDQ2811083FDOQ2811083

Authors: Nabyendu Das, Navinder Singh 

Publication date: 8 June 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider non-equilibrium relaxation of electrons due to their coupling with phonons in a simple metal. In our model electrons are living at a higher temperature than that of the phonon bath, mimicking a non-equilibrium steady state situation. We study the relaxation of such hot electrons proposing a suitable generalization of the memory function formalism formulated by G"otze and W"olfle[Phys. Rev. B 6, 1226 (1972)]. We derive analytical expressions for both dc and optical scattering rates in various temperature and frequency regimes. Limiting cases are in accord with the previous studies. An interesting feature, that the dc scattering rate at high temperatures and optical scattering rate at high frequencies, are independent of the temperature difference between the electrons and the phonons is found in this study. The present formalism forms a basis which can also be extended to study hot-electron relaxation in more complex situations

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03418

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zbMATH Keywords

memory function formalismscattering mechanismselectronic conduction in metalsnonequilibrium steady-statescattering by phononstheory of electronic transport

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70)

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• Correlated electrons in quantum matter.

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