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Transport Phenomena in the Simple Metals

R. E. Prange and A. Sachs*,†

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

  • *Based on a thesis submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Maryland in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree.
  • Present address: Lowell Institute of Technology, Lowell, Massachusetts.

Phys. Rev. 158, 672 – Published 15 June, 1967

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.158.672

Abstract

The low-excitation-energy phenomena characteristic of the simple metals is discussed. The model used takes into account both the electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions. The result obtained is an extended form of Landau's Fermi-liquid theory. The parameters of the theory are related to the underlying interactions, and the relationships corresponding to the relation of the effective mass with the "scattering function" discovered by Landau are developed. The theory is used to classify the renormalization effects in the interacting electron-phonon model of the metal. The results are valid when excitation energies no greater in magnitude than the Debye energy are involved, with the exception that the usual differential form of the Landau-Boltzmann transport equation does not hold if time variations of frequency comparable to the Debye frequency are considered.

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