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Elementary Theory of the Critical Field of a Dielectric

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Felix Cernuschi
Affiliation:
Magdalene College

Extract

It is well known that the eigen-functions corresponding to the free electrons in a one-dimensional lattice are of the form

where C (x) is a periodic function with period c (the lattice constant), and Kis a continuous variable.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1936

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