Abstract
Transport in metals with a strongly anisotropic single-particle spectrum is studied. Coherent band transport in all directions, described by the standard Boltzmann equation, is shown to withstand both elastic and inelastic scattering as long as EFτ 1. A model of phonon-assisted tunneling via resonant states located in between the layers is suggested to explain a nonmonotonic temperature dependence of the c-axis resistivity observed in experiments.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 196602 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 9 Nov 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |