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... surface in k - space separating the occupied from the unoccupied levels . The set of all such surfaces is known as the Fermi surface , and is the generalization to Bloch electrons of the free electron Fermi sphere . The parts of the ...
... surface in k - space separating the occupied from the unoccupied levels . The set of all such surfaces is known as the Fermi surface , and is the generalization to Bloch electrons of the free electron Fermi sphere . The parts of the ...
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... Fermi surfaces by procedures ( such as those described in Problem 4 ) that avoid making use of the ex- plicit form of the Brillouin zones . ( After R. Lück , doc- toral dissertation , Techni- sche Hochschule , Stuttgart , 1965. ) ( a ) ...
... Fermi surfaces by procedures ( such as those described in Problem 4 ) that avoid making use of the ex- plicit form of the Brillouin zones . ( After R. Lück , doc- toral dissertation , Techni- sche Hochschule , Stuttgart , 1965. ) ( a ) ...
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... turned out to be . The full extent of its usefulness was only pointed out in 1952 , by Onsager . Since the original experiment , and especially since around 1960 , - M / H ( X 10 ° ) 2.0 264 Chapter 14 Measuring the Fermi Surface.
... turned out to be . The full extent of its usefulness was only pointed out in 1952 , by Onsager . Since the original experiment , and especially since around 1960 , - M / H ( X 10 ° ) 2.0 264 Chapter 14 Measuring the Fermi Surface.
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
Crystal Lattices | 63 |
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alkali atomic band structure Bloch Bragg plane Bravais lattice Brillouin zone calculation carrier densities Chapter charge density coefficients collision conduction band conduction electrons contribution crystal momentum crystal structure density of levels dependence depletion layer described dielectric constant direction distribution Drude Drude model effect electric field electron gas electron-electron electronic levels electrostatic energy gap example Fermi energy Fermi surface Figure free electron frequency given Hamiltonian hexagonal holes impurity independent electron approximation insulators interaction ionic crystals k-space lattice planes lattice point linear low temperatures macroscopic magnetic field metals neutron normal modes number of electrons one-electron levels orbits periodic potential perpendicular phonon Phys positive primitive cell primitive vectors Problem properties quantum reciprocal lattice vector region result scattering Schrödinger equation semiclassical semiconductors simple cubic solid solution specific heat spin superconducting symmetry term theory valence band vanishes velocity wave functions wave vector zero