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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.
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