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Day 4

Reading: Kittel Appendix F (BTE); A&M Ch 13,16

Summary:

Boltzmann transport equation
Phonon review.
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