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4.2. Hydrodynamic limit II: towards δ-disorder<br />

proportional to the surface <strong>of</strong> the energy shell, equivalently to the density <strong>of</strong><br />

states counting the states available for elastic scattering, see equation (3.64).<br />

In the limit k → 0, the elastic energy shell shrinks and the scattering mean<br />

free path diverges, even when measured in units <strong>of</strong> k −1 .<br />

4.2.2. Speed <strong>of</strong> sound<br />

In the momentum integration <strong>of</strong> the self-energy (3.39) [equivalently in<br />

(3.60)], an effective cut<strong>of</strong>f is provided either by the disorder correlator Cd(qσ)<br />

at q = σ −1 or by the smoothing functions included in w (1) , y (1) and w (2) at<br />

q = ξ −1 . Both cut<strong>of</strong>fs are much larger than k, such that the accessible kspace<br />

volume <strong>of</strong> virtual states is much larger than the volume enclosed by<br />

the elastic scattering shell (figure 3.4). A typical virtual scattering event is<br />

sketched in figure 4.6.<br />

Let us now consider the relative correction <strong>of</strong> the dispersion relation (3.60)<br />

in the limit k = 0. The first part in the bracket reduces to q 2 ξ 2 and the<br />

function h(kξ, qξ) simplifies to<br />

h(0, qξ) = −<br />

�<br />

2 cos 2 β + (qξ)4<br />

2 + (qξ) 2<br />

�<br />

, (4.26)<br />

with β = ∡(k, q). Altogether, equation (3.60) becomes<br />

ΛN = 2σ d<br />

� d d qσ<br />

(2π) d<br />

Cd(q)<br />

(2 + q2ξ2 ) 2<br />

� 2 2 q ξ<br />

2 + q2ξ2 − cos2 �<br />

β . (4.27)<br />

The elastic-scattering pole, which was originally present in (3.39), has disappeared<br />

from the formula, because practically all relevant virtual scattering<br />

states k ′ = k+q are outside the elastic scattering sphere, see figure 4.6. Also,<br />

the angle β = ∡(k, q) becomes equivalent to the angle θ = ∡(k, k ′ ). So,<br />

cos 2 β represents the p-wave scattering <strong>of</strong> sound waves, again. In contrast to<br />

the hydrodynamic case in the previous section, where the correction to the<br />

speed <strong>of</strong> sound is found to be always negative, there are now two competing<br />

k<br />

β<br />

θ<br />

k ′<br />

q<br />

Figure 4.6: Typical virtual scattering<br />

event in the regime kσ ≪ 1, kξ ≪ 1.<br />

The cut<strong>of</strong>fs σ −1 and ξ −1 given by the<br />

correlator and by the smoothing factor,<br />

respectively, are much larger than<br />

k. So, most <strong>of</strong> the virtual scattering<br />

states k ′ = k + q are far outside the<br />

elastic scattering shell |k ′ | = k.<br />

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