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We study numerically self-trapped (polaron) states of quasiparticles (electrons, holes or excitons) in a deformable nanotube formed by a hexagonal lattice, wrapped into a cylinder (carbon- and boron nitride-type nanotube structures). We…

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We study the role of the superconducting proximity effect on the electron-phonon energy exchange in diffusive normal metals (N) attached to superconductors (S). The proximity effect modifies the spectral response of the normal metal, in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-03-16 T. T. Heikkila , F. Giazotto

Magnetic materials are crucial for manipulating electron spin and magnetic fields, enabling applications in data storage, spintronics, charge transport, and energy conversion, while also providing insight into fundamental quantum phenomena.…

Interaction between electron and acoustic phonon in an in-plane magnetic field induced gapped quantum wire with Rashba spin-orbit interaction is studied. We calculate acoustic phonon limited resistivity ($\rho$) and phonon-drag thermopower…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-07 Tutul Biswas , Tarun Kanti Ghosh

The theory of Raman scattering by the electron--phonon coupled system in metals and heavily doped semiconductors is developed taking into account the Coulomb screening and the electron--phonon deformation interaction. The Boltzmann equation…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Falkovsky

We present a novel approach to electron-lattice interaction beyond the linear-coupling regime. Based on the solution of a Holstein-Peierls-type model, we derive explicit analytical expressions for the eigenvalue spectrum of the Hamiltonian,…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-12-13 Pablo García Risueño , Dmitrii Nabok , Qiang Fu , Claudia Draxl

The present paper explores possible features of electron elastic scattering off endohedral fullerenes $A$@C$_{60}$. It focuses on how dynamical polarization of the encapsulated atom $A$ by an incident electron might alter scattering off…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-11-03 V. K. Dolmatov , M. Ya. Amusia , L. V. Chernysheva

In this paper we calculate the elastic scattering cross sections of slow electron by carbon nanotubes. The corresponding electron-nanotube interaction is substituted by a zero-thickness cylindrical potential that neglects the atomic…

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We formulate and study the effective low-energy quantum theory of interacting long-wavelength acoustic phonons in carbon nanotubes within the framework of continuum elasticity theory. A general and analytical derivation of all three- and…

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We study the response of low-dimensional semiconductor superlattices to strong terahertz fields on condition of a strong suppression of inelastic scattering processes of electrons caused by the polar-optical phonons. For our study we employ…

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A general expression for calculating the thermal power transferring from 3-dimensional electron to any D-dimensional phonon subsystem is derived in this paper. Electron-phonon coupling in a free suspended cylindrical nanoshell is studied,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 Ya-Ni Zhao , Lin Zhang , Shi-Xian Qu , Michael R. Geller

We consider a polaron model where molecular \emph{rotations} are important. Here, the usual hopping between neighboring sites is affected directly by the electron-phonon interaction via a {\em twist-dependent} hopping amplitude. This model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Wei Zhang , Alexander O. Govorov , Sergio E. Ulloa

We report experimental measurements of electronic Raman scattering under resonant conditions by electrons in individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The inelastic Raman scattering at low frequency range reveals a single particle…

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This paper explores the effects of strong magnetic fields on the Compton scattering of relativistic electrons. Recent studies of upscattering and energy loss by relativistic electrons that have used the non-relativistic, magnetic Thomson…

We theoretically study the inelastic scattering rate and the carrier mean free path for energetic hot electrons in graphene, including both electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions. Taking account of optical phonon emission and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wang-Kong Tse , E. H. Hwang , S. Das Sarma

The elastic scattering of twisted electrons by neutral atoms is studied within the fully relativistic framework. The electron-atom interaction is taken into account in all orders, thus allowing us to explore high-order effects beyond the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 V. P. Kosheleva , V. A. Zaytsev , A. Surzhykov , V. M. Shabaev , Th. Stöhlker

We define a mesoscopic ring in a 2-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) interrupted by two tunnel barriers, enabling us to apply a well-defined potential difference between the two halves of the ring. The electron interference in the ring is…

In this study a method for calculation of the electron-phonon scattering rate in semiconductor structures with one-dimensional electron gas is developed. The energy uncertainty of electrons is taken into account.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dmitry Pozdnyakov , Vadim Galenchik

Electron energy and angular distributions in the process of low-energy elastic neutrino-electron scattering are treated in the free-electron approximation. The effects of the millicharges, magnetic, electric, and anapole moments of massive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-11-03 Konstantin A. Kouzakov , Alexander I. Studenikin

The elastic scattering of spinless vortex electrons on realistic target atoms has been investigated. In particular, expressions are derived in different approximations for the elastic angular-differential cross sections. We develop a…

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