WHEN YOU'RE IN k-SPACE

words by Dr. James D. Livingston

tune: Makin' Whoopee, by Walter Donaldson

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Midi playback sequenced by Gary Wachtel
(number of verses adjusted by WFS)

The bound'ries of - the Brillouin zone
Just represent - a law you've known
The satisfaction - of Bragg diffraction
When you're in k-space

Those bound'ries on - the k-space maps
Are where you'll find - energy gaps
That's one attraction - of the abstraction
When you're in k-space

And there's the Fermi surface
Contour of energy
Things happen when that surface
Reaches the boundary

Dimensions in - momentum space
Are inverse of - the normal place
Just keepin' busy - can make you dizzy
When you're in k-space

3d view of the Fermi surfaces of Chromium.
Band 3 : yellow (small lenses inside violet surface)
Band 4 : violet
Band 5 : bluish green
To see the stereo effect, move your eye closer to the monitor until the left image of your left eye overlaps with the right image of your right eye (the images are out of focus; you should see 3 images, the center one is overlapped). Then try to focus on the overlapped image, and slowly move away from the screen until the overlapped image is clear, you should see a 3D image that "pops out" of the screen.
Image courtesy of the Fermi Surface Database