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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 72, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.224301
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A simple bulk model of electron-phonon coupling in metals has been partially successful in explaining experiments on metal films that actually involve surface- or other low-dimensional phonons. However, by an exact application of this standard model to a semi-infinite substrate with a free surface, making use of the actual vibrational modes of the substrate, we show that such agreement is fortuitous, and that the model actually predicts a low-temperature crossover from the familiar T-5 temperature dependence to a stronger T-6 log T scaling. Comparison with existing experiments suggests a widespread breakdown of the standard model of electron-phonon coupling in metals.
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