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This is actually a general principle not specific to phonons. Given a collection of creation operators $a^\dagger(k)$ creating 1-particle momentum eigenstates of momentum $k$, these states are not actually viable states - they do not lie inside the Hilbert space, since their "inner product" with each other is not a finite number, but usually a delta ...

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First off, let's answer the question: what part of that equation would change? $f\left(\epsilon\right)$ is always the same if you're in equilibrium. Scattering won't change that, because scattering alone won't move you out of equilibrium. If anything, scattering has the opposite effect. What can change is $Z\left(\epsilon\right)$. How it would change ...

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LO-TO splitting is caused by the long-ranged nature of the Coulomb interaction (i.e. because the Fourier Transform of the Coulomb interaction,$4\pi e^2/q^2$, is not well-defined at $q=0$). Also, it occurs near the Brillouin zone center, but not at the exact Brillouin zone center because of retardation effects (i.e. the finite speed of light). At $q=0$, the ...

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