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Drift-Diffusion and Ballistic Transport

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The Thermoballistic Transport Model

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To expose the cornerstones of the thermoballistic transport model, Drude’s model and its generalization, the drift-diffusion description, as well as the ballistic (thermionic) description, are summarized. The ranges of validity of these limiting cases are indicated.

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    Throughout this book, we use the term “chemical potential” as defined in Ref. [3].

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    Reinhard Lipperheide

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    Uwe Wille

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Lipperheide, R., Wille, U. (2014). Drift-Diffusion and Ballistic Transport. In: The Thermoballistic Transport Model. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol 259. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05924-2_2

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