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Exercise 67 calculates the minimum total energy in a system of spin fermions and is applicable to conduction electrons in a metal. The average particle energy is the total energy divided by the number of particlesN .Show that the average particle energy Eof a conduction electron at low temperature(T=0) is(3/5)EF . This form is convenient, being rather simple, and it can easily he put in terms of N,Vandm via equation .

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The average energy is E=35EF

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The total energy  Utotal of N number of fermions of mass, the average energy  E¯of a group of particles and the Fermi energy  EFof an N number of particles.

In order to show that the average particle energy of a fermion at low temperature(~0K)can be written as just(35)EF, (the Fermi energy), the equations for the total energy of a group of fermions, the average energy. And the Fermi energy will be needed.

The total energyUlocalofnumber of fermions of massmis:

Ulocal=310(323m3/2V)2/3N5/3 鈥..(1)

HereVis their total volume.

The average energyEof a group of particles is their total energyEdivided by the number of particlesN:

E=EN 鈥..(2)

The Fermi energyEFof anNnumber of particles with spinsand massmis:

EF=22m[3(2s+1)2VNV]2/3 鈥..(3)

HereVis their total volume.

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Show that the average energy can be written in terms of the Fermi energy.

To show that the average energy can be written in terms of the Fermi energy, it would help to get a simplerexpression for the Fermi energy first. Equation (3)is

used with s being12 (since as fermions. They're spin12 particles):

EF=22m[3(2s+1)2NV]2/3=22m[3(2{12}+1)2NV]2/3=22m[3N22V]2/3=2m[33N23/2V]2/3=22m(33NV)2/3

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Find the average energy. 

The average energy is found by the use of equation , with equation (1) replace the,Eand combine the N's:

E=EN=1N[310(323m3/2V)2/3N5/3]

=310(323m3/2V)2/3N2/3

That can be simplified some by factoring the andout of the parentheses, and the Ninto it:

E=310(323m3/2V)2/3N2/3=3210m(32NV)2/3

And then rewrite it slightly:

E=3210m(32NV)2/3=35[x22m(32NV)2/3]

The term in brackets is the same as equation (4), so it can be written in terms of that:

E=35[x22m(32NV)2/3]=35(EF)=35EF

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