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### Debye model
The Einstein model explained the experimental data quite well, but still slightly underestimated the observed values of $C$. Apparently the "each atom is an oscillator"-idea is too simplistic.


Peter Debye (1884 – 1966) suggested to instead consider _normal modes_: sound waves that propagate through a solid with velocity $v=\omega/k$, where $k=2\pi/\lambda$ is the _wave number_. Instead of just multiplying $\bar{\varepsilon}$ by $3N$, we now use: