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The Kapitza thermal boundary resistance

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A theory of the Kapitza thermal boundary resistance has been developed which includes not only the scattering of phonons at the interface between two different materials, but also the scattering of phonons within either material near the interface. The theory is shown to be in good agreement with present measurements on solid-solid contacts as well as with previously published low-temperature data on the contact between liquid helium and copper.

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This work was supported in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency under Contract HC 15-67-C-0221 and the National Science Foundation Grant GH 33634. Based on a Ph.D. dissertation submitted by R. E. Peterson to the University of Illinois.

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Peterson, R.E., Anderson, A.C. The Kapitza thermal boundary resistance. J Low Temp Phys 11, 639–665 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00654451

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