About "peierls"--Transport in a partially full electron band

"peierls" explores the dynamics of the degenerate electron gas of electrons in electric and magnetic fields for electrons moving in a periodic potential. The principal display shows the momentum- or k-space trajectories of individual electrons within the Brillouin zone. A second display may be called which illustrates the hole representation of the same system. The Fermi energy may chosen to fill the band to any desired level. The exclusion principle is obeyed in the scattering. Graphical representation of the results is also available.

"peierls" was programmed by Joerg Draeger.

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Table of Contents for Chapter 10 of "Simulations for Solid State Physics"
  1. Introduction
  2. Nearly empty band
  3. Half full band
    1. Qualitative
    2. Quantitative**
  4. Nearly full band: holes
    1. Electric field
    2. Magnetic field
  5. Anisotropy*
  6. Summary
  7. Appendix: "peierls" -- the program