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207 207 #### Example 3: phonons in 3D at low temperatures. 208 208 209 209 $g(E) \propto E^2$ ⇒ total energy is $T \times T^3$ ⇒ $C_V \propto T^3$. 210 211 ## Exercises 212 #### Exercise 1: potassium 213 The Sommerfeld model provides a good description of free electrons in alkali metals such as potassium, which has a Fermi energy of 2.12 eV (data from Ashcroft, N. W. and Mermin, N. D., Solid State Physics, Saunders, 1976.). 84 84 where $R_{\rm H}=-\frac{1}{ne}$ is the _Hall resistance_. So by measuring the Hall resistance, we can obtain $n$, the density of free electrons in a material. 85 85 86 86 While most materials have $R_{\rm H}>0$, interestingly some materials are found to have $R_{\rm H}<0$. This would imply that the charge carriers either have a positive charge, or a negative mass. We will see later (chapter 17) how to interpret this. 87 88 ## Exercises 89 90 ### Motion of free electron due to electric field 91 (a) Consider N free electrons in copper. Explain their motion under no electric field and while applying electric field in the direction from left to right side of the conductor. changed this line in version 5 of the diff
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