Abstract
By resumming over two sets of divergent terms, we show that the impurity resistivity calculated with the force-balance method can be reconciled with the usual result of the Boltzmann equation. Since this calculation is performed in the presence of a heat bath of phonons, we find that to first order in the electric field the isothermal and adiabatic resistivities are the same. The presence of divergences severely limits the applications of the force-balance method.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2990-2993 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 1989 |