From the post "Energy Band Gap....Gap...Gap.Gap",
dPEredt=13me˙r3edredTd2Tdr2e
It is possible to rearrange the terms to give,
dPEredt=12me˙r2edredTd2Tdr2e23˙re
dPEredt=KEredredTd2Tdr2e23˙re
dPEredt=23KEredredTd2Tdr2edredt
We will formulate the change of total energy,
U=T+V=KE+(−PE)
dUdt=dKEredt−dPEredt
So the total change in energy is,
ΔU=∫1.dKEre−23∫KEredredTd2Tdr2edre
ΔU=KEre−23∫KEredredTd2Tdr2edre
ΔU=KEre−23∫KEredredTd(dTdre)dredre
ΔU=KEre−23∫KEredredTd(dTdre)
KEre is an expression in ˙re which in the use of the Lagrangian is treated as an independent variable.
ΔU=KEre{1−23ln(dTdre)}+C
If we focus on the kink point re1 to re1+ε where ε is very small, and
let re2=re1+ε. re1 is just before the kink and re2 is just after the kink in the re vs T profile.
ΔU={KEre{1+23ln(dredT)}}ba
where a=dredT|re2 and b=dredT|re1
Note that the direction of integration is from higher orbit to lower orbit.
ΔU={KEre+23KEreln(dredT)}ba
ΔU=KEre|re1−KEre|re2+23KEre|re1ln(dredT|re1)−23KEre|re2ln(dredT|re2)
Since, re did not change, PEre does not change. PE after all is defined as energy stored by virtue of position. All the energy of the band gap is then due to a change in KEre alone.
ΔU=ΔKEre=KEre|re1−KEre|re2
So,
−23KEre|re2ln(dredT|re2)+23KEre|re1ln(dredT|re1)=0
and
KEre|re2=KEre|re1ln(dredT|re1)ln(dredT|re2)
Moving from lower to higher orbit,
ΔU=KEre|re2−KEre|re1=KEre|re1{ln(dredT|re1)ln(dredT|re2)−1}
EBG=ΔU=KEre|re1{ln(dredT|re1)ln(dredT|re2)−1}
This is a much more involved quantification of Energy Band Gap. We know that,
dredT<0
But, ∫1−xd(−x)=ln(−x)+c
So, ∫1xd(x)=ln(|x|)+c
and so, knowing that we have negative gradients,
EBG=KEre|re1{ln(|(dredT|re1)|)/ln(|(dredT|re2)|)−1}
we use their absolute values only. And since,
|(dredT|re1)| is large
EBG<0, when
|(dredT|re2)|<1
This is the condition for quantum emission on transit to a higher orbit. Very strange indeed. For most material re is small, the change of re with T is even smaller. So this is a common phenomenon, the top part of the re vs T graph has a very gentle slope less then 1.
Losing energy going from a lower orbit to a higher one, is as if the electron is repulsed by the nucleus.