From f61026119df4700f69eb73e95620bc5928ca0fcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: User Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:52:09 +0000 Subject: Grand rename for gitit transfer --- physics/quantum/fermigas | 51 ------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 51 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 physics/quantum/fermigas (limited to 'physics/quantum/fermigas') diff --git a/physics/quantum/fermigas b/physics/quantum/fermigas deleted file mode 100644 index 0114b43..0000000 --- a/physics/quantum/fermigas +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -=============== -Fermi Gas -=============== - -Derivation of the Fermi Energy ---------------------------------- -Consider a crystal lattice with an electron gas as a 3 dimensional infinite -square well with dimensions :m:`$l_{x}, l_{y}, l_z$`. The wavefunctions of -individual fermions (pretending they are non-interacting) can be seperated -as :m:`$\psi(x,y)=\psi_{x}(x)\psi_{y}(y)\psi_{z}(z)$`. The solutions will be -the usual ones to the Schrodinger equation: - -:m:`$$\frac{-\hbar^2}{2m}\frac{d^2 \psi_x}{dx}=E_x \psi_x$$` - -with the usual wave numbers :m:`$k_x=\frac{\sqrt{2mE_x}}{\hbar}$`, and quantum -numbers satisfying the boundry conditions :m:`$k_x l_x = n_x \pi$`. The full -wavefunction for each particle will be: - -:m:`$$\psi_{n_{x}n_{y}n_{z}}(x,y,z)=\sqrt{\frac{4}{l_{x}l_{y}}}\sin\left(\frac{n_{x}\pi}{l_{x}}x\right)\sin\left(\frac{n_{y}\pi}{l_{y}}y\right)\sin\left(\frac{n_{z}\pi}{l_{z}}z\right)$$` - -and the associated energies (with :m:`$E = E_x + E_y + E_z$`): - -:m:`$$E_{n_{x}n_{y}n_z}=\frac{\hbar^{2}\pi^{2}}{2m}\left(\frac{n_{x}^{2}}{l_{x}^{2}}+\frac{n_{y}^{2}}{l_{y}^{2}}+\frac{n_{z}^{2}}{l_{z}^{2}}\right)=\frac{\hbar^2|\vec{k}|^2}{2m}$$` - -where :m:`$|\vec{k}|^2$` is the magnitude of the particle's k-vector in k-space. -This k-space can be imagined as a grid of blocks, each representing a possible -particle state (with a double degeneracy for spin). Positions on this grid have -coordinates :m:`$(k_{x},k_{y},k_z)$` corresponding to the positive integer -quantum numbers. These blocks will be filled -from the lowest energy upwards: for large numbers of occupying particles, -the filling pattern can be approximated as an expanding spherical shell with -radius :m:`$|\vec{k_F}|^2$`. - -Note that we're "over counting" the number of occupied states because the -"sides" of the quarter sphere in k-space (where one of the associated quantum -numbers is zero) do not represent valid states. These surfaces can be ignored -for very large N because the surface area to volume ratio is so low, but the -correction can be important. There will then be a second correction due to -removing the states along the individual axes twice (once for each -side-surface), u.s.w. - -The surface of this shell is called the Fermi surface and represents the most -excited states in the gas. The radius can be derived by calculating the total -volume enclosed: each block has volume :m:`$\frac{\pi^3}{l_x l_y -l_z}=\frac{\pi^3}{V}$` and there are N/2 blocks occupied by N fermions, so: - -:m:`$$\frac{1}{8}(\frac{4\pi}{3} |k_{F}|^{3})&=&\frac{Nq}{2}(\frac{\pi^{3}}{V})\\|k_{F}|&=&\sqrt{\frac{3Nq\pi^2}{V}}^3=\sqrt{3\pi^2\rho}^3$$` - -:m:`$\rho$` is the "free fermion density". The corresponding energy is: - -:m:`$$E_{F}=\frac{\hbar^{2}}{2m}|k_{F}|^{2}=\frac{\hbar^{2}}{2m}(3\rho \pi)^{2/3}$$` -- cgit v1.2.3