According to this model, the valence electrons of the constituent atoms of. The main assumption of the free electron model to describe the delocalized electrons in a metal can be derived from the fermi gas. Electrons in one atom one electron in an atom a hydrogenlike atom. Chapter 6 free electron fermi gas national tsing hua. Valence electrons form the electron gas electron gas model in metals ez a ez az ez figure 1. Advanced statistical physics problem set 3 universitat leipzig. In the degenerate case, however, there will be a set of lattice vectors k1.
The solutions of the above equations are cos and sin. Free electron model a free electron model is the simplest way to represent the electronic structure of metals. The quantity is the chemical potential and it ensures that the number of particles come out correctly. As derived in the lectures, the response of a ddimensional free electron gas to a.
But same model predicted that all electrons contribute to heat capacity. The possible singleparticle states of the electrons in a free electron gas are the. In solidstate physics, the nearly free electron model or nfe model is a quantum mechanical. It was developed in 1927, principally by arnold sommerfeld, who combined.
Given its simplicity, it is surprisingly successful in. The nearly free electron model is a modification of the freeelectron gas model which includes a weak periodic perturbation meant to. In this limit, the quantum mechanical nature of the system. For a threedimensional electron gas we can define the fermi energy as. Free electron gas in two dimensions and in one dimension. In solidstate physics, the free electron model is a simple model for the behaviour of charge carriers in a metallic solid. Fundamental difference between the free electron gas and ordinary gas of molecules. Electron gas history electron gas model predates quantum mechanics electrons discovered in 1897 drudelorentz model 1905electrons classical particles free to move in a box model. It was developed in 1927, principally by arnold sommerfeld, who combined the classical drude model with quantum mechanical fermidirac statistics and hence it is also known as the drudesommerfeld model. Ece 407 spring 2009 farhan rana cornell university.