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Past exam of the condensed matter physics course of the University of Oxford 2017 2 d Solution by
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In the one-band electron Hall effect model, , with . The measured Hall coefficient therefore givesA monovalent body-centered cubic lattice has two conduction electrons per conventional unit cell. Thus , andCounting two spin states within the Fermi sphere gives . Using the specified effective mass in the dispersion,There is one mole of conduction electrons per mole of sodium. Its molar density of states at is , givingUsing the volume density of states in c givesThe effective mass changes the dispersion and density of states; the electron Bohr magneton used for the spin coupling retains the bare electron mass. Replacing it by would be an additional, unjustified magnetic-moment assumption. A Hall factor or a multiband metal would also invalidate the simple density inference; the stated calculation uses the requested one-band approximation.
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