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A quantum-mechanical theory of the motion of electrons in solids. Its name comes from the fact that it predicts certain restricted ranges, or bands,...



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Electron energy E versus wave vector k for a monatomic linear lattice of lattice constant a. (After C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 6th ed., Wiley, 1986)
From Encyclopedia article 'Band theory of solids'