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... periodic potential U ( x ) ( Figure 8.4 ) . It is convenient to view the ions as residing at the minima of U , which we take to define the zero of energy . We choose to view the periodic potential as a superposition of potential ...
... periodic potential U ( x ) ( Figure 8.4 ) . It is convenient to view the ions as residing at the minima of U , which we take to define the zero of energy . We choose to view the periodic potential as a superposition of potential ...
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... periodic potential , if that potential is very weak . This approach might once have been regarded as an instructive , but academic , exercise . We now know , however , that in many cases this apparently unrealistic assumption gives ...
... periodic potential , if that potential is very weak . This approach might once have been regarded as an instructive , but academic , exercise . We now know , however , that in many cases this apparently unrealistic assumption gives ...
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... periodic in the direct lattice will have a plane wave expansion of the form f ( r ) = Σfkeik K where the sum is over ... periodic . That the integral of a periodic function over a primitive cell does not depend on the choice of cells is ...
... periodic in the direct lattice will have a plane wave expansion of the form f ( r ) = Σfkeik K where the sum is over ... periodic . That the integral of a periodic function over a primitive cell does not depend on the choice of cells is ...
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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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