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Page 163
... zone is the set of points in k - space that can be reached from the origin without crossing any Bragg plane . The second Brillouin zone is the set of points that can be reached from the first zone by crossing only one Bragg plane . The ...
... zone is the set of points in k - space that can be reached from the origin without crossing any Bragg plane . The second Brillouin zone is the set of points that can be reached from the first zone by crossing only one Bragg plane . The ...
Page 164
... zone is identical to the exterior surface of the ( n - 1 ) th zone . ) Evidently the surfaces bounding the zones become increasingly complex as the zone number increases . In practice it is often simplest to construct free electron ...
... zone is identical to the exterior surface of the ( n - 1 ) th zone . ) Evidently the surfaces bounding the zones become increasingly complex as the zone number increases . In practice it is often simplest to construct free electron ...
Page 165
... zone lies entirely within the interior of the sphere , and the sphere does not extend beyond the fourth zone . Thus the only zone surfaces intersected by the surface of the sphere are the ( exterior ) surfaces of the second and third zones ...
... zone lies entirely within the interior of the sphere , and the sphere does not extend beyond the fourth zone . Thus the only zone surfaces intersected by the surface of the sphere are the ( exterior ) surfaces of the second and third zones ...
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
Crystal Lattices | 63 |
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