Moment expansion to the memory function for generalized Drude scattering rate

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2016.04.010MaRDI QIDQ527320zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pankaj Bhalla, Nabyendu Das, Navinder Singh

Publication date 11 May 2017

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.05054

zbMATH Keywords

electronic transport in metalimpurity scatteringmemory function formalismscattering mechanisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Statistical mechanics of metals (82D35)

Abstract: The memory function formalism is an important tool to evaluate the frequency dependent electronic conductivity. It is previously used within some approximations in the case of electrons interacting with various other degrees of freedom in metals with great success. However, one needs to go beyond those approximations as the interaction strengths become stronger. In this work, we propose a systematic expansion of the memory function involving its various moments. We calculate the higher order contribution to the generalized Drude scattering rate in case of electron-impurity interactions. Further we compare our results with the results from previously studied lowest order calculations. We find larger contributions from the higher moments in the low frequency regime and also in the case of larger interaction strength.

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