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... collisions will not alter the form of the distribution function . ( 13.2 ) Assumption 1 asserts that collisions are completely effective in obliterating any information about the nonequilibrium configuration that the electrons may be ...
... collisions will not alter the form of the distribution function . ( 13.2 ) Assumption 1 asserts that collisions are completely effective in obliterating any information about the nonequilibrium configuration that the electrons may be ...
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... collisions or on the distribution of electrons emerging from collisions.1 No attempt was made to justify these assumptions . They are only used because they give the simplest representation of the fact that collisions do take place and ...
... collisions or on the distribution of electrons emerging from collisions.1 No attempt was made to justify these assumptions . They are only used because they give the simplest representation of the fact that collisions do take place and ...
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... collisions in a gas , phonon crystal momentum is conserved only in normal collisions , and therefore crystal momentum conservation is a good conservation law only to the extent that the temperature is low enough to freeze out umklapp ...
... collisions in a gas , phonon crystal momentum is conserved only in normal collisions , and therefore crystal momentum conservation is a good conservation law only to the extent that the temperature is low enough to freeze out umklapp ...
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
The Sommerfeld Theory of Metals | 29 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
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