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Near isotropy; Compton profiles; α-gallium; room temperature

Room temperature Compton profiles of momentum distribution of conduction electrons in α -Ga metal are calculated in band model. For this purpose, the conduction electron wave functions are determined in a temperature-dependent non-local model potential. The profiles calculated along the crystallographic directions, (100), (010), and (001) are found to be nearly isotropic. This conclusion is in reasonable agreement with experimental observations

B P Panda¹ N C Mohapatra^{1 2}

1. Department of Physics, Chikiti Mahavidyalaya, Chikiti - 761 010, India
2. Department of Physics, Berhampur University, Berhampur - 760 007, India

Manuscript received

18 January 2003

Accepted

21 June 2003