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I am not a condensed matter physicist. Can someone explain the situation for free electrons in a metal to me. It seems like they would head straight for the nearest positively charged lattice nuclei. As it got very close <3 fermi it would radiate a lot because it is accelerating. So after a few back and forths it would be stuck at the nuclei without enough energy to leave. But clearly this is not what happens. The question is why?