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Sommerfeld Free-Electron Heat Capacity
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Depends on fermi-dirac-distribution, Density of States and Van Hove Singularities
Statement
Apply the Sommerfeld expansion to the Fermi-Dirac distribution to derive the linear-in-temperature electronic heat capacity of a degenerate electron gas.
Depends on
fermi-dirac-distribution, Density of States and Van Hove Singularities
Used by
PU-303/L12 PU-303/L16