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Hello,
I have come across this sentence in a paper:
"For a metal, the introduction of a finite temperature T can be of a more technical use: the Fermi surface of the system is no longer a sharp feature in the Brillouin zone, and the number of electronic wave vectors "k points" needed to sample the Brillouin zone is significantly reduced."
Why does the number of the "K points" reduce? Would you help me understand this paragraph?
I have come across this sentence in a paper:
"For a metal, the introduction of a finite temperature T can be of a more technical use: the Fermi surface of the system is no longer a sharp feature in the Brillouin zone, and the number of electronic wave vectors "k points" needed to sample the Brillouin zone is significantly reduced."
Why does the number of the "K points" reduce? Would you help me understand this paragraph?