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An atomic nucleus of Helium consists of a gas of 0.18 nucleons in a volume of 1 fm3 (1fm = 10−13cm). In this system, we can find two kinds of nucleons (protons And neutrons) with spin S=1/2 and their masses, m n ≈ 1GeV, may be considered equal. Compute the Fermi energy for the system and comment about its nature at the ambient temperature. Assume that the particles are independent with a single particle energy
where p is the absolute value of the momentum. Also, make use of: h=7×10−24GeVS, 10−14cm≈7×10−25s, k=8.61×10−5eV/K
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Cini, M., Fucito, F., Sbragaglia, M. (2012). Fermi-Dirac Gases. In: Solved Problems in Quantum and Statistical Mechanics. UNITEXT(). Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2315-4_11
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