Abstract
In the preceding chapters we considered essentially only one electron, which was confined to the field of the atoms of a solid. This electron was in most cases an outer, i.e., a valence, electron. However, in a solid of one cubic centimeter at least 1022 valence electrons can be found. In this section we shall describe how these electrons are distributed among the available energy levels. It is impossible to calculate the exact place and the kinetic energy of each individual electron. We will see, however, that probability statements nevertheless give meaningful results.
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See Appendix 3.
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We shall use the symbol m 0only when we need to distinguish the free electron (rest) mass from the effective mass.
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Hummel, R.E. (2011). Electrons in a Crystal. In: Electronic Properties of Materials. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8164-6_6
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