A physicist whose teaching connects microscopic scattering with electrical transport in metals. His derivation of the Drude model averages over electrons that have and have not collided during a short time interval. The resulting equation balances the driving electric force against relaxation of mean momentum, explaining why a steady electric current can flow without indefinite acceleration. The calculation identifies the relaxation time as the link between individual scattering events and bulk electrical conductivity.[ref]
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