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Dynamical lattice thermal conductivity, Shastry sum rule and second sound in bulk semiconductor crystals

The paper discusses the fundamental behavior of the dynamical lattice thermal conductivity k(W) of bulk cubic semiconductor crystals. The calculation approach is based on solving Boltzmann-Peierls Phonon Transport Equation in the frequency domain after excitation by a dynamical temperature gradient, within the framework of the single relaxation time approximation and using modified Debye-Callaway model. Our model allows us to obtain a compact expression for k(W) that captures the leading behavior of the dynamical thermal conduction by phonons. This expression fulfills the causality requirement and leads to a convolution type relationship between the heat flux density current and the temperature gradient in the real space-time domain in agreement with Gurtin-Pipkin theory. The dynamical behavior of k(W) is studied by changing ambient temperature as well as different intrinsic and extrinsic parameters including the effect of embedding semiconductor nanoparticles as extrinsic phonon scattering centers. The paper investigates also the applicability of Shastry Sum Rule and the possibility of existence and propagation of second sound in the frame work of Boltzmann theory.