Fermi surface

English

Etymology

For Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist.

Noun

Fermi surface (plural Fermi surfaces)

  1. (physics) An abstract boundary, of constant energy, useful for predicting the thermal, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of metals, semimetals, and doped semiconductors.
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