====== Day 5 ====== Reading: Kittel App. J, Ch 18; A&M p. 321 ff. Also Harman Ch1 for general background and mesoscopics, (see resources) {{::quantum_transport_slides.pdf|}} Summary: * Fermi Golden Rule for scattering probability. Transition matrix element for electron-phonon interaction. Conservation of momentum/energy. Scattering probability. * Impurity scattering. Matthiessen's rule. (Nordheim) * Temperature dependence of the electrical and thermal resistivity of metals * Introduction to electron transport in ballistic systems.