Inelastic Scattering Time in Disordered Metals

Abstract

The quantum correction of the conductivity by the localization effect is evaluated in the presence of the inelastic scattering due to screened Coulomb interaction.
We find the contribution to the inelastic scattering time proportional to T⁻¹ as well as T^−3⁄2 in 3-dimensional system, indicating that the crossover will be observed at some temperature.