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Effect of electron-electron interaction on thermoelectric power in impure metals

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A new kinetic phenomenon related to the effect of electron-electron scattering on the thermoelectric coefficient η a conductor with a small electron mean free path l is considered. The effect is proportional to the electron-hole asymmetry factor (ε Fτ)−1 and the real part of the diffusion-enhanced Coulomb propagator with characteristic wave vectors of up to l −1. Unlike weak localization effects, in the two-dimensional case this effect results in a logarithmic temperature dependence of η and yields the major contribution to the differential thermoelectric power.

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  1. Kurchatov Institute, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    K. D. Belashchenko

  2. Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, 117936, Moscow, Russia

    D. V. Livanov

  3. Moscow State Pedagogical University, 119435, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Sergeev

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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 111, 1738–1747 (May 1997)

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Belashchenko, K.D., Livanov, D.V. & Sergeev, A.V. Effect of electron-electron interaction on thermoelectric power in impure metals. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 84, 951–956 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558233

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