Scattering among electrons generates a distinct contribution to electrical resistivity that follows a quadratic temperature dependence. In strongly-correlated electron systems, the prefactor A of this T2 resistivity scales with the magnitude of the electronic specific heat. Here, we show that one can change the magnitude of A by four orders of magnitude in metallic SrTiO3 by tuning the concentration of the carriers and consequently, the Fermi energy. The T2 behavior persists in the single-band dilute limit despite the absence of two known mechanisms for T2 behavior, distinct electron reservoirs and Umklapp processes. The results highlight the absence of a microscopic theory for momentum decay through electron-electron scattering in different Fermi liquids.
@article{arxiv.1508.07812,
title = {Scalable T^2 resistivity in a small single-component Fermi surface},
author = {Xiao Lin and Benoit Fauque and Kamran Behnia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.07812},
year = {2015}
}
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24 pages icluding a supplement, 6 figures, 4 tables and 60 references