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Past exam of the condensed matter physics major option course of the University of Oxford 2018 6 c i Solution by
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At , the nominal filling isA labelled density-of-states picture has disorder-broadened peaks at these orbital and spin energies, localized tails and extended states near their centres. A chemical potential in the localized region corresponds to a Hall plateau and small longitudinal resistivity; passing through an extended-state centre corresponds to a transition.
TODO — missing density/plateau assignment: there is no basis for choosing one of those positions at 10 T without the missing Hall graph. For example gives nominal , whereas gives . In an ideal resolved-level picture the first can put the chemical potential between filled levels, while the second leaves a level partly filled. Both are compatible with the surviving current and width, demonstrating why the requested placement is undetermined.
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