fermi surface

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What does fermi surface mean?

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

Where does fermi surface come from?

For Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist.

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