Rigorous results for the electrical conductivity due to electron-phonon scattering

DOI10.1063/5.0004277MaRDI QIDQ5855672zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Amarel, D. Belitz, T. R. Kirkpatrick

Publication date 19 March 2021

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.01148

zbMATH Keywords

Boltzmann equationDrude formulaelectron-phonon scattering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boltzmann equations (35Q20) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Statistical mechanics of metals (82D35)

Abstract: We present a rigorous solution of the Boltzmann equation for the electron-phonon scattering problem in three spatial dimensions in the limit of low temperatures. The different temperature scaling of the various scattering rates turns the temperature into a control parameter that is not available in classical kinetic theory and allows for a rigorous proof of Bloch's $T^5$ law. The relation between the Boltzmann equation and the Kubo formula is also discussed, as well as implications for the scattering of electrons by excitations other than phonons.

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