Resistivity due to low-symmetrical defects in metals
arXiv:cond-mat/9802285 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.57.12719
Abstract
The impurity resistivity, also known as the residual resistivity, is calculated ab initio using multiple-scattering theory. The mean-free path is calculated by solving the Boltzmann equation iteratively. The resistivity due to low-symmetrical defects, such as an impurity-vacancy pair, is calculated for the FCC host metals Al and Ag and the BCC transition metal V. Commonly, 1/f noise is attributed to the motion of such defects in a diffusion process.
24 pages in REVTEX-preprint format, 10 Postscript figures. Phys. Rev. B, vol. 57 (1998), accepted for publication