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 n_3d = (k_F)³/3π².

b) Estimate n_3d and E_F for gold using physical/chemical parameters such as density and electron configuration.

A&M 2.1 (a)-(d)

Kittel (8th ed) 6.10