TY - JOUR
T1 - Electron-electron scattering in nondegenerate semiconductors
T2 - Driving the anisotropic distribution toward a displaced Maxwellian
AU - Wingreen, Ned S.
AU - Stanton, Christopher J.
AU - Wilkins, John W.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - The Boltzmann equation allows a study of the effect of electron-electron scattering on the anisotropy of the electron distribution in a large electric field. An effective electron-electron scattering rate 1ee relates how the quadrupole moment of the distribution in velocity space relaxes, lower moments being preserved by electron-electron scattering. We report (1) calculated distribution functions and (2) the density and drift-velocity dependence of 1ee for realistic electron-electron scattering.
AB - The Boltzmann equation allows a study of the effect of electron-electron scattering on the anisotropy of the electron distribution in a large electric field. An effective electron-electron scattering rate 1ee relates how the quadrupole moment of the distribution in velocity space relaxes, lower moments being preserved by electron-electron scattering. We report (1) calculated distribution functions and (2) the density and drift-velocity dependence of 1ee for realistic electron-electron scattering.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1084
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1084
M3 - Article
C2 - 10034241
AN - SCOPUS:24444447892
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 57
SP - 1084
EP - 1087
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 8
ER -