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Carry out the Sommerfeld expansion for the energy integral (7.54), to obtain equation 7.67. Then plug in the expansion for μto obtain the final answer, equation 7.68.

Short Answer

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The final answer, equation 7.68isU≈35NεF+π24NεF(kT2).

Step by step solution

01

Given information

We have been given that the energy integral 7.54isU =∫0∞εg(ε)n¯FD(ε)dε.

The Equation 7.67, U=35Nμ52εF32+3π28N(kT)2εF+.....and equation 7.68, U=35NεF+π24N(kT)2εF+.....are given.

We need to Carry out the Sommerfeld expansion for the energy integral 7.54to obtain equation 7.67. Then we have to plug in the expansion for μto obtain the final answer, equation 7.68.

02

Simplify

The given total energy integral 7.54is

localid="1650054588139" U=∫0∞εg(ε)n¯FD(ε)dε

localid="1650054613027" U=g0∫0∞ε32n¯FD(ε)dε

Integrating by parts, we get:

U=25g0ε53n¯FD|0∞-25g0∫0∞ε52∂n¯FD∂εdε (Let this equation be (1))

If we substitute ε=0, the integral will become zero(0)due to the dependence of the term on ε53and the first term vanishes. If we substitute with ∞, the exponential term in the denominator will grow faster than ε52.

So the equation (1) reduces to :

U=25g0∫0∞ε52∂n¯FD∂εdε (Let this equation be (2))

We know that n¯FD=1e(ε-μ)kT+1

By Taking derivative with respect to ε, we get

∂n¯FD∂ε=∂1e(ε-μ)kT+1∂ε

On simplifying,

we get∂n¯FD∂ε=-1kTe(ε-μ)kT(e(ε-μ)kT+1)2 (Let this equation be (3))

Let (ε-μ)kT=x, the equation (3) becomes :

dx=dεkT

Substitute dx,xand ∂n¯FD∂εin equation (2), we get

U=25g0∫0∞ε521kTex(ex+1)2kTdx

U=25g0∫0∞e52ex(ex+1)2dx (Let this equation be (4))

03

Finding the values of integrals.

As we need to change the integration boundaries also, so :

ε→∞x→∞ε→0x→-μkT

As kT≪μ, so we can put the lower limit of integral in equation (4) as -∞,

The integral in equation (4) becomes :

U=25g0∫-∞∞ε52ex(ex+1)2dx (Let this equation be (5))

Now expand the term ε52using Taylor series about μ,

ε52=μ52+52(ε-μ)μ32+158(ε-μ)2μ12+...

Substitute ε-μ=kTx,

ε52=μ52+52(kTx)μ32+158(kTx)2μ12+...

Substitute the value of ε52in equation (5), we get three integrals say I1,I2,I3,we get:

U=25g0(I1+I2+I3) (Let this equation be (6))

where,

I1=μ52∫-∞∞ex(ex+1)2dx

I2=52kTμ32∫-∞∞xex(ex+1)2dx

I3=158(kT)2μ12∫-∞∞x2ex(ex+1)2dx

Simplifying three integrals I1,I2,I3, we get :

I1=μ52

The second integral I2is odd integral, the integration of integral is from -∞to ∞, so the integral I2is directly zero .

I2=0

I3=158(kT)2μ12π23=5π28(kT)2μ12

04

Substituting the values of integrals 

By Substituting the values of the three integrals I1,I2,I3in equation (6), we get

U≈25g0μ52+5π28(kT)2μ12U≈25g0μ52+g0π24(kT)2μ12

Substitute g0=32NεF32, we get:

U≈35NεF32μ52+NεF323π28(kT)2μ12

Set μ=εFin second term, we get

U≈35NεF32μ52+NεF3π28(kT)2 (Let this equation be (7))

The equation (7.66) is given by:

μ52=εF521-π212kTεF252

By expanding the terms in the brackets, we get:

μ52=εF521-5π224kTεF2

Substitute the value of μ52in equation (7), we get:

U≈35NεF32εF521-5π224kTεF2+NεF3π28(kT)2

U≈35NεF1-5π224kTεF2+NεF3π28(kT)2

U≈35NεF-18Nπ2εFkTεF2+NεF3π28(kT)2

U≈35NεF-NεFπ28(kT)2+NεF3π28(kT)2

U≈35NεF+NεFπ2εFπ24(kT)2

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