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A Self‐Consistent Method for Evaluating the Effective Mass of Electrons in Metals
Author(s) -
Mishra L. K.,
Tripathy D. N.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221480216
Subject(s) - electron , effective mass (spring–mass system) , metal , potassium , atomic physics , materials science , chemistry , sodium , analytical chemistry (journal) , physics , metallurgy , nuclear physics , environmental chemistry , quantum mechanics
A self‐consistent method for determining the effective mass, m *, of electrons in metals is presented. This is done through the evaluation of the electronic specific heat of metallic solids. The calculated values for m * agree remarkably well with the experimental data for sodium and potassium.
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