Week 10-11 Quantum free electron theory
Details
Connection between electron density and Fermi energy,Fermi temperature and Fermi velocity,Electronic heat capacity(Only the electrons near Fermi surface are excited by thermal energy kT.),Calculate the scattering time τ from measured resistivity ρ
Course Material
- Week 1-2 classical free electron model
- Week 3-4 Drude and Lorentz free electron model
- Week 5-6 Revision of Basics of Quantum Mechanics
- Week 7 degenerate and non degenerate states
- Week 8-9 sommerfeld theory of metals
- Week 10-11 Quantum free electron theory
- Week 12-13 Outcomes of Quantum free electron theory
- Week 14 Hall effect
- Chapters 8
- Department Physics(SCB)
- Teacher
Asif Mahmood
