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Term: Fermi-Dirac function
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Definition: function expressing the probability P(E), for a particle obeying Fermi statistics, that it will occupy a permitted energy level E

P( E )= 1 1+exp ( E E F kT ) MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagCart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLnhiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbbjxAHXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqipG0dh9qqWrVepG0dbbL8F4rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaqFn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpeWZqaaeqabiGaciGacaqadmaadaqaaqaaaOqaaiaadcfadaqadaqaaiaadweaaiaawIcacaGLPaaacqGH9aqpdaWcaaqaaiaaigdaaeaacaaIXaGaey4kaSIaaeyzaiaabIhacaqGWbWaaeWaaeaadaWcaaqaaiaadweacqGHsislcaWGfbWaaSbaaSqaaiaabAeaaeqaaaGcbaGaam4AaiaadsfaaaaacaGLOaGaayzkaaaaaaaa@459B@

where
k is the Boltzmann constant
T is the thermodynamic temperature
EF is the Fermi-level
and where this level is quantized and may contain 0, 1 or 2 electrons.


Publication date:2002-05
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