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Homework Statement
You dope an $n$-type substrate at time ##t=0## with electrons and holes around the points: ##\vec{r}_{0,c}## and ##\vec{r}_{0,v}## respectively.
The initial densities' distributions are:
$$\Delta n (\vec{r},t=0) = \frac{\Delta N_0}{(2\pi a_{0,c}^2)^{3/2}}e^{\frac{-(\vec{r}-\vec{r}_{0,c})^2}{2a_{0,c}^2}}$$
where for ##\Delta p(\vec{r},t=0)## is the same as ##\Delta n## just interchange ##a_{0,c} \to a_{0,v}## and ##\vec{r}_{0,c}\to \vec{r}_{0,v}##.
The questions are:
1. How will the densities look like after Debye time?
2. Find the dependence of the densities on long times, where the long time is compared to Debye time?
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The Attempt at a Solution
For question 1., what I thought is that the densities after Debye time will look like:
$$\Delta n(\vec{r},t)=\Delta n(\vec{r},0) e^{-|\vec{r}|/\sqrt{D_c\tau_D}}$$
The same with ##\Delta n(\vec{r},t)## just replace $n$ with $p$ and the diffusion constant ##D_c## with ##D_v##.
If this answer is correct, I am still not sure how to answer question 2.
BTW, ##\tau_D## is Debye time, or the relaxation time.