Imaging phonon-mediated hydrodynamic flow in WTe2_{2}

Sep 9, 2020
11 pages
Published in:
  • Nature Phys. 17 (2021) 11, 1216-1220
  • Published: Sep 16, 2021
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Abstract: (Springer)
When interactions between electrons in a material are strong, they can start to behave hydrodynamically. Spatially resolved imaging of current flow in a three-dimensional material suggests that electron–electron interactions are mediated by phonons.
Note:
  • 11 pages, 4 figures + supplementary material
  • electron electron: interaction
  • current: density
  • effect: hydrodynamics
  • fluid: classical
  • diamond
  • magnetic field
  • mediation
  • phonon
  • temperature dependence