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Nearly free electron model

In solid-state physics, the nearly free electron model (or NFE model) is a quantum mechanical model of physical properties of electrons that can move almost freely through the crystal lattice of a solid. The model is closely related to the more conceptual Empty Lattice Approximation. The model enables understanding and calculating the electronic band structure of especially metals.
==Introduction - a heuristic argument==

Free electrons are traveling plane waves. Generally the time independent part of their wave function is expressed as
:\psi_) = \frac\cdot\bold}
These plane wave solutions have an energy of
:E_k = \frac
The expression of the plane wave as a complex exponential function can also be written as the sum of two periodic functions which are mutually shifted a quarter of a period.
:\psi_) = \frac\cdot\bold) + i \sin(\bold\cdot\bold)\right )
In this light the wave function of a free electron can be viewed as the sum of two plane waves. Sine and cosine functions can also be expressed as sums or differences of plane waves moving in opposite directions
:\cos(\bold\cdot\bold) = \frac (e^} + e^} )
Assume that there is only one kind of atom present in the lattice and that the atoms are located at the lattice points. The potential of the atoms is attractive (negative) and concentrated near the lattice points. In the remainder of the cell the potential is close to zero.
The Hamiltonian is expressed as
:H = T + V=-\frac\nabla^2+V(\bold)
in which T is the kinetic and V is the potential energy. From this expression the energy expectation value, or the statistical average, of the energy of the electron can be calculated with
:E = \langle H \rangle =
\int_\psi_)(+ V )\psi_) d\bold

where we integrate in \bold over a single lattice cell. If we assume that the electron is given by a plane wave of wave number \bold (despite the nonconstant potential V), the energy of the electron is:
:E_k = \frac\int_ e^}
\left(Empty Lattice Approximation. This isn't a very sensational result and it doesn't say anything about what happens when we get close to the Brillouin zone boundary. We will look at those regions in \bold-space now.
Let's assume that we look at the problem from the origin, at position \bold = 0. If \bold = 0 only the cosine part is present and the sine part is moved to \infty. If we let the length of the wave vector \bold grow, then the central maximum of the cosine part stays at \bold = 0. The first maximum and minimum of the sine part are at \bold = \pm \pi / (2 \bold). They come nearer as \bold grows. Let's assume that \bold is close to the Brillouin zone boundary for the analysis in the next part of this introduction.
The atomic positions coincide with the maximum of the \cos(\bold\cdot\bold)-component of the wave function. The interaction of the \cos(\bold\cdot\bold)-component of the wave function with the potential will be different from the interaction of the \sin(\bold\cdot\bold)-component of the wave function with the potential because their phases are shifted. The charge density \rho_}(\bold)|^2, of the wave function. It is useful to split it into two parts, \rho_}^c(\bold)+\rho_), coming from the \cos(\bold\cdot\bold) and \sin(\bold\cdot\bold) -components. For the former component it is
:\rho_) = \frac \left(+ \cos(2 \bold\cdot\bold)\right )
and for the \sin(\bold\cdot\bold)-component it is
:\rho_) = \frac \left(- \cos(2 \bold\cdot\bold)\right )
For values of \bold close to the Brillouin zone boundary, the length of the two waves and the period of the two different charge density distributions almost coincide with the periodic potential of the lattice. As a result the charge densities of the two components have a different energy because the maximum of the charge density of the \cos(\bold\cdot\bold)-component coincides with the attractive potential of the atoms while the maximum of the charge density of the \sin(\bold\cdot\bold)-component lies in the regions with a higher electrostatic potential between the atoms.
As a result the aggregate will be split in high and low energy components when the kinetic energy increases and the wave vector approaches the length of the reciprocal lattice vectors. The potentials of the atomic cores can be decomposed into Fourier components to meet the requirements of a description in terms of reciprocal space parameters.

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