Abstract
Abstract The scattering of phonons by electrons is calculated, assuming the usual electron–phonon interaction, for a parabolic band whose degeneracy temperature is comparable with the temperature of the lattice. The contribution to the thermal resistance is given by an exact formula, subject only to justifiable assumptions concerning phonon–phonon interactions. With rising temperature the apparent mean free path of the phonons at first decreases as 1/T (or, if there are very few electrons, as exp (a/T)), but reaches a minimum and then increases as T 2. Energy and momentum conservation then allow only the tail of the electron distribution to contribute to the scattering. The model is thought to apply to certain observations on p-type germanium, irradiated sapphire and conducting diamond.
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