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The theory of the semiconductor-metal transition is reviewed. The study of electron-hole fluid has shed new light on the problem and revived the old idea that the long-range Coulomb force makes the semiconductor-metal transition inrinsically first order. Recent theoretical work supports the idea of separate liquid-gas and metal-nonmetal critical points in the electron-hole fluid in germanium.
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Rice, T.M. (1976). Semiconductor-metal transitions. In: Physics of Highly Excited States in Solids. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-07991-2_86
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