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Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 066802 (2005) [4 pages]

Phonon-Induced Resistivity of Electron Liquids in Quantum Wires

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Georg Seelig1,*, K. A. Matveev2,3, and A. V. Andreev4,†
1Département de Physique Théorique, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
2Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
3Department of Physics, Duke University, Box 90305, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
4Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA

Received 6 April 2004; published 17 February 2005

We study the resistivity of a quantum wire caused by backscattering of electrons by acoustic phonons. In the presence of Coulomb interactions, backscattering is strongly enhanced at low temperatures due to Luttinger liquid effects. Information about the strength of the interactions can be obtained from a measurement of the temperature dependence of the resistivity.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.066802
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.066802
PACS:
73.63.Nm, 71.10.Pm, 72.10.Di

*Present address: CA Institute of Technology, MC 136-93, 1200 E. CA Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

†Present address: Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

 
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