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Properties of Ideal Fermi Gas and it's Comparison with Classical Ideal Gas

  1. Fermions are negatively charged while classically ideal gas is neutral.
  2. Fermions travel with finite speed while classical particles may be treated differently.
  3. Fermions have odd spins while molecules have no spins.
  4. Fermions obey FERMI-DIRAC statistical distribution while classical gas obeys Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics.
  5. Fermions are indistinguishable in FERMI GAS while molecules in classical gas are distinguishable.
  6. Fermion density in FERMI GAS is much greater than the molecular density in classical ideal gas.
  7. Fermions obey Pauli's Exclusion Principle while molecules do not.

Equation of state for Ideal fermi Gas

Prove the following using Summerfield's Expansion

$$ \begin{aligned} & f_{5 / 2}(z)=\frac{8}{15 \sqrt{\pi}}(\ln z)^{5 / 2}\left(1+\frac{5}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}+\ldots .\right) \\ & f_{3 / 2}(z)=\frac{4}{3 \sqrt{\pi}}(\ln z)^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{1}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}+\ldots .\right) \\ & f_{1 / 2}(z)=\frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}}(\ln z)^{5 / 2}\left(1-\frac{1}{24} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}+\ldots .\right) \end{aligned} $$

Proof :

The Summerfield Expansion for the fermi function is :
$$ \begin{aligned} & f_{r}(z)=\frac{(\ln z)^{r}}{\Gamma(r+1)}\left(1+r(r-1) \frac{\pi^{2}}{6} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots\right) \\ & f_{5 / 2}(z)=\frac{(\ln z)^{5 / 2}}{\Gamma(7 / 2)}\left(1+\frac{5}{2} \frac{3}{2} \frac{\pi^{2}}{6} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \\ & \Rightarrow f_{5 / 2}(z)=\frac{8}{15 \sqrt{\pi}}(\ln z)^{5 / 2}\left(1+\frac{15 \pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \\ & f_{3 / 2}(z)=\frac{(\ln z)^{3 / 2}}{\Gamma(5 / 2)}\left(1+\frac{3}{2} \frac{1}{2} \frac{\pi^{2}}{6} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \\ & \Rightarrow \quad f_{3 / 2}(z)=\frac{4}{3 \sqrt{\pi}}(\ln z)^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \\ & f_{1 / 2}(z)=\frac{(\ln z)^{1 / 2}}{\Gamma(3 / 2)}\left(1+\frac{1}{2}\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right) \frac{\pi^{2}}{6} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right)\\ \Rightarrow f_{1 / 2}(z)&=\frac{2(\ln z)^{1 / 2}}{\sqrt{\pi}}\left(1-\frac{\pi^{2}}{24} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots.\right) \end{aligned} $$

Prove that Fermi Energy is

:
$$E_{F}=\left(\frac{3 N}{4 \pi V}\right)^{2 / 3}\left(\frac{h^{2}}{2 m}\right)$$

the chemical Potential is

$$\mu=E_{F}\left(1-\frac{\pi^{2}}{12} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots.\right)$$\\

Proof:

$$ \begin{aligned} n&=\frac{N}{V}\\ &=\frac{f_{3 / 2}(z)}{\lambda^{3}}\\ & =\frac{4}{\lambda^{3} 3 \sqrt{\pi}}(\ln z)^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots\right) \\ & =\frac{(2 \pi m k T)^{3 / 2} 4}{h^{3} 3 \sqrt{\pi}}(\ln z)^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \\ & =\left(\frac{2 m}{h^{2}}\right)^{3 / 2}\left(\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right)(k T \ln z)^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \\ & =\left(\frac{2 m}{h^{2}}\right)^{3 / 2}\left(\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right)(\mu)^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \quad \because \ln z=\ln e^{\mu / k T} \\ & =\left(\frac{2 m}{h^{2}}\right)^{3 / 2}\left(\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right)(\mu)^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{k^{2} T^{2}}{\mu^{2}}+\ldots .\right)\\ &\operatorname{At} \mathbf{T}=\mathbf{0 K}, \mu=E_{F}\\ &\Rightarrow \frac{N}{V}=\left(\frac{2 m}{h^{2}}\right)^{3 / 2}\left(\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right) E_{F}^{3 / 2}(1+0+\ldots)\\ & \Rightarrow E_{F}=\left(\frac{3 N}{4 \pi V}\right)^{2 / 3}\left(\frac{h^{2}}{2 m}\right) \end{aligned} $$

At any Temperature $T$

$$ \begin{aligned} & \frac{N}{V}=\left(\frac{2 m}{h^{2}}\right)^{3 / 2}\left(\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right)(\mu)^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \\ & \left(\frac{3 N}{4 \pi V}\right)^{2 / 3}\left(\frac{h^{2}}{2 m}\right)=(\mu)^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \\ & \Rightarrow E_{F}^{3 / 2}=\mu^{3 / 2}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \\ & \Rightarrow \mu=E_{F}\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right)^{-2 / 3} \end{aligned} $$
$$ \begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \mu=E_{F}\left(1-\frac{2}{3} \frac{\pi^{2}}{8} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right)^{-2 / 3} \\ & \mu=E_{F}\left(1-\frac{\pi^{2}}{12} \frac{1}{(\ln z)^{2}}+\ldots .\right) \end{aligned} $$

Prove that

$$\frac{U}{N}=\frac{3}{5} E_{F}\left(1+\frac{5 \pi^{2}}{12}\left(\frac{k T}{E_{F}}\right)^{2}+\ldots\right)$$

Proof:

$$ \begin{aligned} \frac{U}{N}&=\frac{3}{2} k T \frac{f_{5 / 2}(z)}{f_{3 / 2}(z)}\\ & =\frac{3}{2} k T \frac{8 / 15 \sqrt{\pi}}{4 / 3 \sqrt{\pi}} \frac{(\ln z)^{5 / 2}}{(\ln z)^{3 / 2}} \frac{\left(1+\frac{5}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}\right)}{\left(1+\frac{1}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}\right)} \\ & =\frac{3}{2} k T \frac{2}{5} \ln z\left(1+\frac{5}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}\right)^{-1} \\ & =\frac{3}{5} k T \ln z\left(1+\frac{5}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}\right)\left(1-\frac{1}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}\right) \\ & =\frac{3}{5} k T \ln z\left(1-\frac{1}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}+\frac{5}{8} \pi^{2}(\ln z)^{-2}-\frac{5}{64} \pi^{4}(\ln z)^{-4}\right) \\ & =\frac{3}{5} k T \ln z\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{2}(\ln z)^{-2}+\ldots\right) \\ & =\frac{3}{5} \mu\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{2}(\ln z)^{-2}+\ldots\right)=\frac{3}{5} E_{F}\left(1+\frac{5 \pi^{2}}{12}\left(\frac{k T}{E_{F}}\right)^{2}+\ldots\right)\left(1+\frac{\pi^{2}}{2}(\ln z)^{-2}+\ldots\right) \\ & =\frac{3}{5} E_{F}\left(1+\frac{5 \pi^{2}}{12}\left(\frac{k T}{E_{F}}\right)^{2}\right) \end{aligned} $$

Prove that Pressure of the Fermi Gas is :

\( P=\frac{2}{5} n E_{F}\left(1+\frac{5 \pi^{2}}{12}\left(\frac{k T}{E_{F}}\right)^{2}\right) \)
Proof:
$$ \begin{aligned} P&=\frac{2}{3} \frac{U}{V}\\ &=\frac{2}{3} \frac{U / N}{V / N} \\ & =\frac{2}{3} \frac{\frac{3}{5} E_{F}\left(1+\frac{5 \pi^{2}}{12}\left(\frac{k T}{E_{F}}\right)^{2}\right)}{V / N}\\ &=\frac{2}{5} n E_{F}\left(1+\frac{5 \pi^{2}}{12}\left(\frac{k T}{E_{F}}\right)^{2}\right) \end{aligned} $$

Prove that Specific heat at low temperature is

. $$\dfrac{C_{V}}{N k}=\dfrac{\pi^{2} k T}{2 E_{F}}$$

Proof :

$$ \begin{aligned} \frac{C_{V}}{N k}&=\frac{\frac{d}{d T} U}{N k}\\ & =\frac{1}{k} \frac{d}{d T} \frac{U}{N}=\frac{1}{k} \frac{d}{d T}\left(\frac{3}{5} E_{F}\left(1+\frac{5 \pi^{2}}{12}\left(\frac{k T}{E_{F}}\right)^{2}\right)\right) \\ & =\frac{3}{5 k} E_{F}\left(0+\frac{5 \pi^{2}}{6} \frac{k^{2} T}{E_{F}^{2}}\right) \\ & =\frac{\pi^{2} k T}{2 E_{F}} \\ \Rightarrow C_{V}&=0 \quad \text { Whe } n T \rightarrow 0 \end{aligned} $$

Prove that for Ideal Fermi Gas

$$ \frac{S}{k}=\sum g_{i}\left(\frac{\beta E_{i}-\ln z}{z^{-1} e^{\beta E_{i}}+1}\right)+\ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) $$

Proof:

$$ \begin{aligned} \frac{S}{k}&=\ln W_{\max }=\ln \left(\prod \frac{g_{i}!}{n_{i}!\left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)!}\right) \\ & =\sum\left(g_{i} \ln g_{i}-g_{i}-n_{i} \ln n_{i}+n_{i}-\left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right) \ln \left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)+\left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)\right) \\ & =\sum\left(g_{i} \ln g_{i}-g_{i}-n_{i} \ln n_{i}+n_{i}-g_{i} \ln \left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)+n_{i} \ln \left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)+\left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)\right) \\ & =\sum\left(g_{i} \ln g_{i}-n_{i} \ln n_{i}-g_{i} \ln \left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)+n_{i} \ln \left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)\right) \\ & =\sum\left(g_{i} \ln g_{i}-n_{i} \ln n_{i}-g_{i} \ln \left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)+n_{i} \ln \left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)\right) \\ & =\sum\left(n_{i} \ln \frac{\left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)}{n_{i}}-g_{i} \ln \frac{\left(g_{i}-n_{i}\right)}{g_{i}}\right) \\ & =\sum\left(n_{i} \ln \left(\frac{g_{i}}{n_{i}}-1\right)-g_{i} \ln \left(1-\frac{n_{i}}{g_{i}}\right)\right) \\ & =\sum\left(n_{i} \ln \left(e^{\alpha+\beta E_{i}}+1-1\right)-g_{i} \ln \left(1-\frac{1}{e^{\alpha+\beta E_{i}}+1}\right)\right) \end{aligned} $$
$$ \begin{aligned} & =\sum\left(n_{i} \ln \left(e^{\alpha+\beta E_{i}}\right)-g_{i} \ln \left(\frac{e^{\alpha+\beta E_{i}}}{e^{\alpha+\beta E_{i}}+1}\right)\right) \\ & =\sum\left(\frac{g_{i}}{e^{\alpha+\beta E_{i}}+1} \ln \left(e^{\alpha+\beta E_{i}}\right)-g_{i} \ln \left(\frac{1}{1+e^{-\alpha-\beta E_{i}}}\right)\right) \\ & =\sum\left(\frac{g_{i}\left(\alpha+\beta E_{i}\right)}{e^{\alpha+\beta E_{i}}+1}+g_{i} \ln \left(1+e^{-\alpha-\beta E_{i}}\right)\right) \\ & =\sum g_{i}\left(\frac{\left(\beta E_{i}-\ln z\right)}{z^{-1} e^{\beta E_{i}}+1}+\ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right)\right) \end{aligned} $$

Prove that the equation of state for an Ideal Fermi gas is given by:

$$ \frac{P V}{k T}=\log Z_{F D}=\sum \log \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) $$

Proof:

$$ \begin{aligned} & \frac{S}{k}-\sum g_{i}\left(\frac{\left(\beta E_{i}-\ln z\right)}{z^{-1} e^{\beta E_{i}}+1}\right)=\sum g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) \\ \Rightarrow & \frac{S}{k}-\sum n_{i}\left(\left(\beta E_{i}-\ln z\right)\right)=\sum g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) \\ \Rightarrow & \frac{S}{k}-\sum\left(n_{i} E_{i} / k T-n_{i} \mu / k T\right)=\sum g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) \\ \Rightarrow & \frac{S}{k}-\frac{\sum n_{i} E_{i}-\sum n_{i} \mu}{k T}=\sum g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) \\ \Rightarrow & \frac{T S-E+G}{k T}=\sum g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) \\ \Rightarrow & \frac{G-(E-T S)}{k T}=\sum g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) \\ \Rightarrow & \frac{H-T S-U+T S}{k T}=\sum g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) \\ \Rightarrow & \frac{P V}{k T}=\sum g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right)=\sum \log Z_{F e r m i} \end{aligned} $$

Prove that

$$ \frac{P}{k T}=\frac{f_{5 / 2}(z)}{\lambda^{3}}$$
Where $$f_{r}(z)=z-\frac{z^{2}}{2^{n}}+\frac{z^{3}}{3^{n}}-\frac{z^{4}}{4^{n}}+\ldots .=\sum(-1)^{n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n^{r}}$$ is Fermi Function\\

Proof:

$$ \begin{aligned} \frac{P V}{k T}&=\sum g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right)\\ \Rightarrow \frac{P V}{k T}&=\int_{0}^{\infty} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) \frac{V}{h^{3}} 4 \pi p^{2} dp\\ & =\frac{4 \pi V}{h^{3}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) p^{2} d p \\ & =\frac{4 \pi V}{h^{3}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{n+1} \frac{\left(z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right)^{n}}{n} p^{2} d p \because \ln (1+y)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{n+1} \frac{y^{n}}{n} \\ & =\frac{4 \pi V}{h^{3}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n} e^{-n \beta E} p^{2} d p \\ & =\frac{4 \pi V}{h^{3}} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-n p^{2} / 2 m k T} p^{2} d p \\ & =\frac{4 \pi V}{h^{3}} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-x} p^{2} d p\\ &(Taking n p^{2} / 2 m k T=x \Rightarrow p^{2}=\dfrac{2 m k T x}{n}, d p\\ &=\dfrac{\sqrt{2 m k T} d x}{2 \sqrt{n} \sqrt{x}})\\ &=\frac{4 \pi V}{h^{3}} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-x}\left(\frac{2 m k T x}{n}\right)\left(\frac{\sqrt{2 m k T} d x}{2 \sqrt{n} \sqrt{x}}\right) \\ &=\frac{4 \pi V}{h^{3}} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-x} x^{1 / 2} d x\left(\frac{2 m k T}{n}\right)^{3 / 2} \frac{1}{2}\\ &=\frac{4 \pi V}{h^{3}} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{2 n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n} \Gamma(3 / 2)\left(\frac{2 m k T}{n}\right)^{3 / 2} \frac{1}{2} \\ &=\frac{4 \pi V}{h^{3}} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{2 n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n} \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}\left(\frac{2 m k T}{n}\right)^{3 / 2} \frac{1}{2} \\ &=\frac{V}{h^{3}} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{2 n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n}\left(\frac{2 m \pi k T}{n}\right)^{3 / 2}\\ &=\frac{V}{h^{3}}(2 m \pi k T)^{3 / 2} \sum_{1}^{n}(-1)^{2 n+1} \frac{z^{n}}{n^{5 / 2}}\\ &=\frac{V}{h^{3}}(2 m \pi k T)^{3 / 2} f_{5 / 2}(z)\\ &=\frac{V}{\lambda^{3}} f_{5 / 2}(z)\\ \frac{P V}{k T}&=\frac{V}{\lambda^{3}} f_{5 / 2}(z) \\ \Rightarrow \frac{P}{k T}&=\frac{f_{5 / 2}(z)}{\lambda^{3}} \end{aligned} $$

Prove that the number of Particles in an Ideal Fermi Gas is giiven by :

$$ N=\frac{V f_{3 / 2}(z)}{\lambda^{3}} $$

Proof:

$$ \begin{aligned} & N=\sum n_{i}=\sum \frac{g_{i}}{e^{\alpha+\beta E_{i}}+1}=\sum \frac{g_{i} e^{-\alpha-\beta E_{i}}}{1+e^{-\alpha-\beta E_{i}}} \\ & =\sum \frac{g_{i} z e^{-\beta E_{i}}}{1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}}=z \sum \frac{\partial}{\partial z} g_{i} \ln \left(1+z e^{-\beta E_{i}}\right) \\ & =z \sum \frac{\partial}{\partial z} g_{i} \ln Z \\ & =z \sum \frac{\partial}{\partial z}\left(\frac{P V}{k T}\right) \\ & =z \frac{\partial}{\partial z}\left(\frac{V}{\lambda^{3}} f_{5 / 2}(z)\right) \\ & =\frac{V}{\lambda^{3}} f_{3 / 2}(z) \end{aligned} $$

Prove that Internal energy of the Fermi gas is given by :

$$ U=\frac{3}{2} N k T \frac{f_{5 / 2}(z)}{f_{3 / 2}(z)} $$

Proof:

$$ \begin{aligned} & U=k T^{2} \frac{\partial}{\partial T} \sum g_{i} \ln Z \\ & =k T^{2} \frac{\partial}{\partial T}\left(\frac{P V}{k T}\right) \\ & =k T^{2} \frac{\partial}{\partial T}\left(\frac{V}{\lambda^{3}} f_{5 / 2}(z)\right)=k T^{2} V f_{5 / 2}(z) \frac{\partial}{\partial T}\left(\frac{1}{\lambda^{3}}\right) \\ & =k T^{2} V f_{5 / 2}(z)\left(-\frac{3}{\lambda^{4}} \frac{d \lambda}{d T}\right) \\ & =k T^{2} V f_{5 / 2}(z)\left(-\frac{3}{\lambda^{4}} \frac{d}{d T}\left(\frac{h}{\sqrt{2 \pi m k T}}\right)\right) \\ & =k T^{2} V f_{5 / 2}(z)\left(-\frac{3}{\lambda^{4}}\left(\frac{h}{\sqrt{2 \pi m k}}\left(\frac{-1}{2} T^{-3 / 2}\right)\right)\right) \\ & =\frac{3}{2} k T^{2} V f_{5 / 2}(z) \frac{1}{\lambda^{4}} \frac{h}{\sqrt{2 \pi m k T}} \frac{1}{T} \\ & =\frac{3}{2} k T V f_{5 / 2}(z) \frac{1}{\lambda^{3}}=\frac{3}{2} k T \frac{V}{\lambda^{3}} f_{5 / 2}(z)\\ & =\frac{3}{2} k T \frac{N}{f_{3 / 2}(z)} f_{5 / 2}(z) \\ & =\frac{3}{2} N k T \frac{f_{5 / 2}(z)}{f_{3 / 2}(z)} \end{aligned} $$

Prove that

\begin{align} U &= -\frac{\partial}{\partial \beta} \ln Z \\ &= k T^2 \frac{\partial}{\partial T} \ln Z \\ &= k T^2 \frac{\partial \beta}{\partial T} \cdot \frac{\partial}{\partial \beta} \ln Z \\ &= k T^2 \frac{\partial}{\partial T} \left( \frac{1}{kT} \right) \cdot \frac{\partial}{\partial \beta} \ln Z \\ &= k T^2 \left( -\frac{1}{k T^2} \right) \cdot \frac{\partial}{\partial \beta} \ln Z \\ &= -\frac{\partial}{\partial \beta} \ln Z \end{align}

Prove that for a Maxwell Boltzman Gas :The number of Particles is given by

$$N=\frac{z V}{\lambda^{3}}$$
Proof:
$$ \begin{aligned} & n_{i}=g_{i} e^{-\alpha} e^{-\beta E_{i}}=g_{i} z e^{-\beta E_{i}} \\ & \Rightarrow N=\sum n_{i}=z \sum g_{i} e^{-\beta E_{i}} \\ & =z \sum_{0}^{\infty} \frac{V}{h^{3}} e^{-\frac{p^{2}}{2 m k T}} 4 \pi p^{2} d p \\ & =\frac{4 \pi z V}{h^{3}} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-\left(\frac{p^{2}}{2 m k T}\right)} p^{2} d p \\ & =\frac{4 \pi z V}{h^{3}} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-x}(2 m k T) x\left(\sqrt{2 m k T} \frac{1}{2 \sqrt{x}} d x\right) \text { Let } \frac{p^{2}}{2 m k T}=x \Rightarrow d p=\sqrt{2 m k T} \frac{1}{2 \sqrt{x}} d x \\ & =\frac{2 \pi z V}{h^{3}}(2 m k T)^{3 / 2} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-x} x^{-1 / 2} d x \\ & =\frac{2 \pi z V}{h^{3}}(2 m k T)^{3 / 2} \sqrt{\pi}=\frac{z V}{h^{3}}(2 \pi m k T)^{3 / 2} \\ & =\frac{z V}{\lambda^{3}} \end{aligned} $$

Number of fermions at OK in the momentum range $p$ and $p+d p$ is :

\begin{align*} n(p)\, dp &= \frac{g(p)\, dp}{e^{\dfrac{\alpha + E}{kT}} + 1} \\ &= \frac{g(p)\, dp}{e^{\dfrac{\alpha + E}{0}} + 1} \\ &= \frac{g(p)\, dp}{e^{\infty} + 1} \\ &= \frac{g(p)\, dp}{\infty + 1} \\ &= g(p)\, dp \\ \Rightarrow \quad n(p)\, dp &= 2\left(\frac{V \cdot 4\pi p^{2} dp}{h^{3}}\right) \\ &= \frac{8\pi V p^{2} dp}{h^{3}} \end{align*}

Number of fermions at OK in the energy range $E$ and $E+d E$ is :

\begin{align*} n(E)\, dE &= \frac{8 \pi V (2mE) \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2m}}{2\sqrt{E}}\, dE}{h^{3}} \\ &= \frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3/2} E^{1/2}\, dE}{h^{3}} \\ \end{align*}
Number of fermions at 0K in the velocity range \( v\) to \( v+dv\) ia:
\begin{align*} n(v)\, dv &= \frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3/2} \left(\frac{1}{2}mv^{2}\right)^{1/2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}m \cdot 2v\, dv}{h^{3}} \\ \Rightarrow \quad n(v)\, dv &= \frac{8 \pi V m^{3} v^{2}\, dv}{h^{3}} \end{align*}

FERMI ENERGY ::

It is the energy of the highest occupied state of the fermions at $\mathbf{0 K}$.

Method-1

Number of fermions in the energy range $E$ and $E+d E$ at 0 K is :

$$ \begin{aligned} N&=\int_{0}^{E_{F}} n(E) d E \\ & =\int_{0}^{E_{F}} \frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2} E^{1 / 2} d E}{h^{3}} \\ & =\frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{h^{3}} \int_{0}^{E_{F}} E^{1 / 2} d E \\ & =\frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{h^{3}} \times \frac{2}{3} E_{F}^{3 / 2} \\ & =\left(\frac{16 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{3 h^{3}}\right) E_{F}^{3 / 2} \\ \Rightarrow E_{F}^{3}&=\frac{9 N^{2} h^{6}}{256 \times 2 \pi^{2} V^{2} m^{3}} \\ \Rightarrow E_{F} & =\left(\frac{9 N^{2} h^{6}}{256 \times 2 \pi^{2} V^{2} m^{3}}\right)^{1 / 3}\\ &=\frac{h^{2}}{2 m}\left(\frac{3 N}{8 \pi V}\right)^{1 / 3} \\ \Rightarrow E_{F} & =\frac{h^{2}}{2 m}\left(\frac{3 \rho}{8 \pi}\right)^{1 / 3} \end{aligned} $$

Method-2

Applying Heisenberg Uncertainity Principle :
$$ \begin{aligned} & d x d p_{x} d y d p_{y} d z d p_{z}=h^{3} \\ \Rightarrow & d x d y d z\left(d p_{x} d p_{y} d p_{z}\right)=h^{3} \\ \Rightarrow & \left(d p_{x} d p_{y} d p_{z}\right)=\frac{h^{3}}{d x d y d z}=\frac{h^{3}}{V}\\ \Rightarrow \dfrac{4}{3} \pi p_{F}^{3}&=\dfrac{h^{3}}{V} \frac{N}{2} \end{aligned} $$

As in the spherical volume upto fermi level two electrons can occupy one ernergy state separately, one with upspin and another with down spin

$$ \begin{aligned} \Rightarrow p_{F} &=\left(\frac{3 h^{3} N}{8 \pi V}\right)^{1 / 3} \\ \Rightarrow\left(2 m E_{F}\right)^{1 / 2} &=\left(\frac{3 h^{3} N}{8 \pi V}\right)^{1 / 3} \\ \Rightarrow E_{F} & =\frac{1}{2 m}\left(\frac{3 h^{3} N}{8 \pi V}\right)^{2 / 3} \\ \Rightarrow E_{F} &=\frac{h^{2}}{2 m}\left(\frac{3 N}{8 \pi V}\right)^{2 / 3} \\ \Rightarrow E_{F}&=\frac{h^{2}}{2 m}\left(\frac{3 \rho}{8 \pi}\right)^{2 / 3} \end{aligned} $$

FERMI SPEED :

It is the speed of fermions in the fermi level.
\begin{align*} \Rightarrow \quad V_{F} &= \sqrt{\frac{2 E_{F}}{m}} \\ &= \sqrt{\frac{2}{m} \cdot \frac{h^{2}}{2m} \left( \frac{3\rho}{8\pi} \right)^{2/3}} \\ \Rightarrow \quad V_{F} &= \frac{h}{m} \left( \frac{3\rho}{8\pi} \right)^{1/3} \end{align*}

FERMI MOMENTUM :

It is the momentum of the fermions in the fermi level.\\
\begin{align*} p_{F} &= m V_{F} \\ & = m \cdot \frac{h}{m} \left( \frac{3\rho}{8\pi} \right)^{1/3} \\ &= h \left( \frac{3\rho}{8\pi} \right)^{1/3} \end{align*}

FERMI TEMPERATURE :

It is the temperature at which fermi energy is attained.\\
\begin{align*} T_{F} &= \frac{E_{F}}{k} \\ &= \frac{1}{k} \cdot \frac{h^{2}}{2m} \left( \frac{3\rho}{8\pi} \right)^{2/3} \\ &= \frac{h^{2}}{2mk} \left( \frac{3\rho}{8\pi} \right)^{2/3} \end{align*}

Average Energy of fermions at 0 K is :

$$ \langle E\rangle=\frac{\int_{0}^{E_{F}} E n(E) d E}{\int_{0}^{E_{F}} n(E) d E}=\frac{\int_{0}^{E_{F}} E n(E) d E}{\int_{0}^{E_{F}} n(E) d E} $$
$$ \begin{aligned} & \int_{0}^{E_{F}} E \frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{h^{3}} E^{1 / 2} d E \\ & \int_{0}^{E_{F}} \frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{h^{3}} E^{1 / 2} d E \\ &= \int_{0}^{E_{F}} E^{3 / 2} d E \\ &= \frac{(2 / 5) E_{F}^{5 / 2}}{(2 / 3) E_{F}^{3 / 2}} \\ &= \frac{3}{5} E_{F} \end{aligned} $$

Total energy of fermions at 0 K

$$ \begin{aligned} \langle E\rangle & =\int_{0}^{E_{F}} E n(E) d E\\ &=\int_{0}^{E_{F}} E \frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{h^{3}} E^{1 / 2} d E \\ & =\frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{h^{3}} \int_{0}^{E_{F}} E^{3 / 2} d E\\ &=\frac{8 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{h^{3}} \frac{2}{5} E_{F}^{5 / 2} \\ & =\frac{16 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{5 h^{3}} E_{F}^{5 / 2} \\ & =\frac{16 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{5 h^{3}} E_{F}^{3 / 2} E_{F}\\ &=\frac{16 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}{5 h^{3}}\left(\frac{3 N h^{3}}{16 \sqrt{2} \pi V m^{3 / 2}}\right) E_{F} \\ & =\frac{3}{5} N E_{F} \end{aligned} $$

Average Speed of Fermions at 0K.

\begin{align*} \langle v \rangle &= \frac{\int_{0}^{v_{F}} v\, n(v)\, dE}{\int_{0}^{v_{F}} n(v)\, dE} \\ &= \frac{\int_{0}^{v_{F}} v \cdot \frac{8\pi V m^{3}}{h^{3}} v^{2}\, dv}{\int_{0}^{v_{F}} \frac{8\pi V m^{3}}{h^{3}} v^{2}\, dv} \\ &= \frac{\frac{8\pi V m^{3}}{h^{3}} \int_{0}^{v_{F}} v^{3}\, dv}{\frac{8\pi V m^{3}}{h^{3}} \int_{0}^{v_{F}} v^{2}\, dv} \\ &= \frac{\int_{0}^{v_{F}} v^{3}\, dv}{\int_{0}^{v_{F}} v^{2}\, dv} \\ &= \frac{\frac{1}{4} v_{F}^{4}}{\frac{1}{3} v_{F}^{3}} \\ &= \frac{3}{4} v_{F} \end{align*}

How does the distribution function of a strongly degenerate Fermi Gas vary at $\mathbf{T = 0 K}$

Ans:
For a strongly degenerate Fermi gas, the chemical potential $\mu = \mu_{0}$ is known as the Fermi energy $E_{F}$ of the gas. The distribution function is: \[ f(E) = \frac{1}{e^{\frac{E - E_{F}}{kT}} + 1} \]

Case 1: When $E < E_{F}$

\begin{align*} f(E) &= \frac{1}{e^{-\infty} + 1} = \frac{1}{\frac{1}{e^{\infty}} + 1} = \frac{1}{0 + 1} = \frac{1}{1} = 1 \end{align*}
This shows that all the energy states up to the Fermi level are completely filled.

Case 2: When $E > E_{F}$

\begin{align*} f(E) &= \frac{1}{e^{\infty} + 1} = \frac{1}{\infty + 1} = \frac{1}{\infty} = 0 \end{align*}
This shows that all the energy states above the Fermi level are empty.

Case 3: When $E = E_{F}$ and $T > 0\,\text{K}$

\begin{align*} f(E) &= \frac{1}{e^{0} + 1} = \frac{1}{1 + 1} = \frac{1}{2} = 0.5 \end{align*}
This shows that the Fermi level is half filled at finite temperature.