Reading: Kittel Appendix F (BTE);

Summary:

• Boltzmann transport equation
• Phonon review, ph575 notes24.
• 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