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Dawei
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I was reading this website, and I don't understand this last statement.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/fermi.html
It reads: "Since only a tiny fraction of the electrons in a metal are within the thermal energy kT of the Fermi energy, they are "frozen out" of the heat capacity by the Pauli principle."
Does anyone know how I could derive the general equation for that fraction that is within kT of the Fermi energy?
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/fermi.html
It reads: "Since only a tiny fraction of the electrons in a metal are within the thermal energy kT of the Fermi energy, they are "frozen out" of the heat capacity by the Pauli principle."
Does anyone know how I could derive the general equation for that fraction that is within kT of the Fermi energy?