The sharp, sudden cliff at the surface of this sphere creates a mathematical singularity. The electrons can't form a smooth screening cloud; instead, this sharp boundary causes them to ripple outward.
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Fermi Surface From 3D Spheres to Quasi-2D Corrugated Cylinders and 2D Honeycomb Pockets
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%% --- Main Title ---
Title["๐ฌ <b>Transition: Fermi Surface Exploration to Potential Orientations</b>"]:::domain
%% --- Current Exploration Section ---
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C1["โ๏ธ Solid-State & Fermi Physics"]:::domain
C2["๐ป Computational Physics & Visualization"]:::domain
%% C1 Sub-topics
C1 --> CP1["3D Fermi Sphere Models"]:::core
C1 --> CP2["Friedel Oscillations & Kohn Anomaly"]:::core
C1 --> CP3["2D Hexagonal Lattices & Graphene"]:::core
CP3 --> CPS3a["Dirac Point Fermi Pockets"]:::sub
CP3 --> CPS3b["Voltage Tuning"]:::sub
CP3 --> CPS3c["Trigonal Warping"]:::sub
C1 --> CP4["Quasi-2D Layered Systems"]:::core
CP4 --> CPS4a["Tight-Binding Dispersion"]:::sub
CP4 --> CPS4b["Corrugated Cylindrical Surfaces"]:::sub
%% C2 Sub-topics
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C2 --> CV2["3D Mesh Marching Cubes"]:::core
C2 --> CV3["Dynamic Animations (FuncAnimation)"]:::core
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Trans["โก Apply Theoretical Extrapolations & Enhanced Numerical Models"]:::transition
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P2["๐ Computational & Numerical Physics"]:::domain
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P1 --> PP2["Quantum Oscillations (dHvA/SdH)"]:::potential
P1 --> PP3["Anisotropic Superconducting Gap Mapping"]:::potential
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