{
  "id": "cond-mat/0309611",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2003-09-26T10:15:58.000Z",
  "updated": "2003-09-26T10:15:58.000Z",
  "title": "Relaxation of high-energy quasiparticle distributions: electron-electron scattering in a two-dimensional electron gas",
  "authors": [
    "R. N. Gurzhi",
    "A. I. Kopeliovich",
    "A. N. Kalinenko",
    "A. V. Yanovsky",
    "E. N. Bogachek",
    "Uzi Landman",
    "H. Buhmann",
    "L. W. Molenkamp"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages, 3 figures",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.68.165318",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.dis-nn",
    "cond-mat.str-el"
  ],
  "abstract": "A theory is developed for the evolution of the non-equilibrium distribution of quasiparticles when the scattering rate decreases due to particle collisions. We propose a \"modified one-collision approximation\" which is most effective for high-energy quasiparticle distributions. This method is used to explain novel measurements of the non-monotonic energy dependence of the signal of scattered electrons in a 2D system. The observed effect is related to a crossover from the ballistic to the hydrodynamic regime of electron flow.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2003-09-26T10:15:58.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "high-energy quasiparticle distributions",
      "two-dimensional electron gas",
      "electron-electron scattering",
      "relaxation",
      "non-monotonic energy dependence"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. B"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}