Solution

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The photon energy fixes the resonant cyclotron frequency by . Consequently
Read the two absorption maxima as approximately -- and . For , the two valleys whose long axis is along have , whereas the other four have . Hence
For the representative reading , the values are and . The graph does not warrant additional precision. The larger longitudinal effective mass means flatter dispersion and a longer constant-energy ellipsoid along the valley axis.

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