Exercises 10.3: Half full band

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10.3.1 The figure shows a display from "peierls" with an applied electric but no magnetic field. The lattice constant of the crystal is 2 Angstroms.

A) What is the direction of the applied electric field?

B) Estimate the value of the product of field and relaxation time, E*tau.