Energy Density of States
type: QuantityKind
description: "Energy Density of States" refers to electrons or other entities, e.g. phonons. It quantifies the numnber of states in an infitesimal energy range, per volume, and has dimensionality of inverse energy times inverse volume.
applicable unit: PER-EV-M3
applicable unit: PER-J-M3
exact match: StateDensity
has dimension vector: A0E0L-5I0M-1H0T2D0
iec61360 code: 0112/2///62720#UAD030
informative reference: https://cdd.iec.ch/cdd/iec62720/iec62720.nsf/ListsOfUnitsAllVersions/0112-2---62720%23UAD030
informative reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density_of_states
iso normative reference: http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail
latex definition: $\rho(E) = n_E(E) = \frac{dN(E)}{dE}\frac{1}{V}$, where $N(E)$ is the total number of states with energy less than $E$, and $V$ is the volume.
plain text description: "Energy Density of States" refers to electrons or other entities, e.g. phonons. It quantifies the numnber of states in an infitesimal energy range, per volume, and has dimensionality of inverse energy times inverse volume.
symbol: n_E
wikidata match: Q105687031
comment: Applicable units are those of quantitykind:EnergyDensityOfStates