Physics for Information Science: Unit I: Electrical Properties of Materials

Fermi-Dirac Statistics

Electrical Properties of Materials

In the case of Fermi-dirac statistics the following points are considered.The particles (electrons) are indistinguishable.

FERMI-DIRAC STATISTICS

In the case of Fermi-dirac statistics the following points are considered.

(i) The particles (electrons) are indistinguishable.

(ii) The electrons which obey the Fermi-dirac statistics are called as fermions.

(iii) Each energy state can have only one particle with one spin.

(iv) The number of energy states should be greater than (or) equal to number of particles, for example to fill say 9 particles, atleast 9 states should be available.

(v) There is no restriction in choosing the particle, (i.e) we can choose any particle to fill in any state.

(vi) The total energy of the system = Sum of all the energies of the particles.

Note: The Fermi dirac distribution is given in Appendix

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