Table 1 Different cases of phonon thermal conductivity
System | Sonic heat carriers | Temperature dependence | Mechanism | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Crystal (T → 0) | small-q phonons | κ ∝ T3 | Boundary scattering | |
Crystal (T ~ TD) | large-q phonons | κ ∝ T−1 | Umklapp scattering | |
Glass (T → 0) | "propagons” | κ ∝ T~2 | Rayleigh scattering | |
Glass (high T) | "diffusons” | κ ∝ T0 | Minimum mean free path | |
Classical liquid | large-q phonons | κ ∝ T0 | Minimum mean free path | |
Quantum liquid 3He | q ~ 2kF phonons | κ ∝ T1/2 | Fermi surface thermal fuzziness | This work |