Phonon-dislocation scattering and phonon equilibration in metals at low temperatures

M. Kaveh, N. Wiser

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Abstract

It is shown that phonon-dislocation scattering does not contribute significantly to equilibrating the phonon system for potassium. The implications of this result are discussed for the phonon-drag contribution to the low-temperature electrical resistivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)531-535
Number of pages5
JournalSolid State Communications
Volume29
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1979

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Acknowledgements — We thank H. van Kempen and his colleagues at the Catholic University of Nijmegen for a fruitful correspondence about the details of the experi- ment We also thank J.A. Rowlands for useful correspondence and D. Gugan for an enlightening discussion dislocation densities in potassium. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Israel Commission for Basic Research.

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