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My emphasis is on the solid-state/mesoscopic physics and I have the following question:
Can the interaction of two electrons that scatter off one another due to Coulombic repulsion be considered elastic?
I know that the phases of the electrons will be randomized and I also sense that this will not reduce the tranmission (although the momenta will be randomized, the lost momentum will be picked up by the other electron) but I don't know whether I can assume that they are going to travel with their initial wave vector ( frequency)?
This is somewhat important for my research. Thanks for your responses.
Can the interaction of two electrons that scatter off one another due to Coulombic repulsion be considered elastic?
I know that the phases of the electrons will be randomized and I also sense that this will not reduce the tranmission (although the momenta will be randomized, the lost momentum will be picked up by the other electron) but I don't know whether I can assume that they are going to travel with their initial wave vector ( frequency)?
This is somewhat important for my research. Thanks for your responses.