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Derivation · draft

Sommerfeld Free-Electron Heat Capacity

D-254 Home PU-303 Threads energy · chance · matter 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