3 Influence of band masses

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The carrier concentrations depend on the densities of states near the band edges (characterized here through the effective masses) as well as on the energy gap. This preset is the same as preset 2 except for a 10-fold decrease in the electron effective mass. Explain the difference in carrier concentrations between presets 2 and 3.