Joshua, S.J. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 261 (1998) 1, pp. 135-142
For any crystal, the specific heat due to phonons can be written as Cph=AT3 where A is a constant and for a metal, the conduction electrons contribute a term that can be written as Cel(T)=γT. At low temperatures, however, other contributions to the specific heat may become significant. What is...