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Details of <strong>Boltzmann</strong> <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Equation</strong> (BTE)<br />

• Phonon intensity:<br />

Iω ( t,<br />

v,<br />

r)<br />

= v ωf<br />

( t,<br />

v,<br />

r)<br />

D(<br />

ω) / 4π<br />

• BTE be<strong>com</strong>es EPRT:<br />

∂I<br />

∂t<br />

ω<br />

+ v ⋅∇I<br />

ω<br />

=<br />

I<br />

ω o<br />

τ<br />

− I<br />

o<br />

ω<br />

,<br />

Iω<br />

o<br />

=<br />

1<br />

∫<br />

I<br />

ω<br />

4π<br />

Ω= 4π<br />

dΩ<br />

*Equilibrium phonon intensity<br />

determined by Bose-Einstein statistics<br />

• For 1-D,<br />

∂I<br />

∂t<br />

ω<br />

∂I<br />

+ v cosθ<br />

∂x<br />

ω<br />

=<br />

I<br />

ω o<br />

τ<br />

− I<br />

o<br />

ω<br />

x<br />

θ<br />

Ι ω<br />

L<br />

• For each angle (θ ), solve non-linear equation with iterations for<br />

– Solving for Ι ω .<br />

– Updating Ι ωο .<br />

• Heat flux:<br />

q<br />

=<br />

Ω=<br />

∫∫<br />

ω<br />

D<br />

Iω<br />

cosθ dω<br />

dΩ<br />

4π<br />

0<br />

• Internal energy:<br />

u<br />

1 ω D<br />

( ≈ cT ) = ∫ ω<br />

f D(<br />

ω)<br />

dω<br />

dΩ = ∫ ∫<br />

4<br />

π<br />

0<br />

Ω= 4π<br />

I<br />

v<br />

ω<br />

dω<br />

dΩ<br />

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