Fermions: Electrons in metals and white dwarf stars
Electrons in a box
Find the mean number of particles per state, f(E)
Find the density of states, g(E)
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Find the number of particles per unit energy at E, n(E)
Normalization and the Fermi energy
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Degenerate Fermion Gases
Chemical potential, Ü
Properties of metal
Typical values of the Fermi energy
High electron energies
Pressure due to a degenerate Fermion gas of electrons
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Electron pressure in WD stars (qualitative)
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White Dwarfs
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Pressure due to degenerate electron gas
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Typical properties of WD stars
Neutron stars
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The equation of state of NS
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Author: Tim Harries
E-mail: th@star.ucl.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~th/
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