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The second order electrical effects in metals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

A. H. Wilson
A. H. Wilson
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Trinity College
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The theory of transport phenomena in metals depends upon the solution of an integral equation for the velocity distribution function f of the conduction electrons. This integral equation is formed by equating the rate of change in f due to external fields and temperature gradients to the rate of change in f due to the mechanism which produces the resistance. If this latter rate of change is denoted by [∂f/∂t]coll it happens with some mechanisms that

where f0 is the equilibrium distribution, and ℸ is the time of relaxation which does not depend on the external fields. When equation (1) is true, the problem is comparatively simple, but in general [∂/∂t]coll is an integral operator and it is not possible to define a time of relaxation and a free path. It is known that at high temperatures, such that (Θ/T)2 can be neglected, where Θ is the Debye temperature, a free path exists; but, in general, special methods have to be used to solve the integral equation.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , July 1937 , pp. 371 - 379
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1937

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