
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kaiser, AB 
A1  - Christie, AL 
A1  - Gallagher, BL 
T1  - Investigation of the Interaction of Electrons and Lattice Vibrations Using Glassy Metal Thermopower
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1986
VL  - 39
IS  - 6
SP  - 909
EP  - 918
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PH860909 
N2  - We calculate the electron-phonon enhancement effect in thermopower using several different models for the Eliashberg function a2 F(E) which describes the interaction of electrons and lattice vibrations. The behaviour of a 2 F(E) at low energies determines whether the predicted thermopower enhancement shows a peak at low temperatures, but the enhancement is rather insensitive to the detailed spectral shape of a2 F(E) at higher energies. The calculations are able to give a good account of the thermopowers of several glassy metals measured by Gallagher and Hickey (1985), with slightly better agreement obtained for a smooth rather than a Debye-like a2 F(E). 
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