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lifetime of electrons in the conduction band

From: ruan@purdue.edu
To: forum@abinit.org
Subject: lifetime of electrons in the conduction band
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:05:00 -0400

Dear all,

The process that electrons in the conduction band recombine with holes is
characterized by their recombination rate Gamma or lifetime tau (tau =
1/Gamma). Does anyone know how to calculate such lifetimes?

Many thanks,

Xiulin

lifetime of electrons in the conduction band, ruan, 07/31/2007