PH 671 - Spring 2016, Due 5pm on Friday, Week 1
a) Assuming the Sommerfeld model, and starting from a sketch of allowed traveling wave states in k-space, show that n3d = (kF)³/3π².
b) Estimate n3d and EF for gold using physical/chemical parameters such as density and electron configuration.
A&M 2.1 (a)-(d)
Kittel (8th ed) 6.10