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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. ) 4 3 ...
... 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. ) 4 3 ...
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... 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 106 ) 2.0 1.5- 264 Chapter 14 Measuring the Fermi Surface.
... 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 106 ) 2.0 1.5- 264 Chapter 14 Measuring the Fermi Surface.
Contents
The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
The Sommerfeld Theory of Metals | 29 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
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