Subsections

• Notation
• Physical Quantities
• Constants

List of Symbols

Notation

	...	Constant
	...	Scalar
	...	Vector
	...	Tensor
	...	Operator
	...	Elements of the matrix
	...	Miller indices to specify a crystal direction
	...	Miller indices to specify equivalent crystal directions
	...	Miller indices to specify a crystal plane
	...	Miller indices to specify equivalent crystal planes

Physical Quantities

Symbol		Unit		Description
		eV		Energy
		eV		Fermi energy
		eV		Band gap energy
		Vm		Electric field
		N		Force
		1		Distribution function
		V		Electrostatic potential
		m eV		Density of states
		eV		Phonon energy
		m		Wave number
		m		Wave number vector
		m		Radius of Fermi sphere
		AsV m		static dielectric coefficient
		m V s		Electron mobility
		m V s		Hole mobility
		kg		Mass
		kg		Density of states mass
		m		Electron concentration
		m		Wave function
		m		Position vector
		1		Engineering strain component
		1		Component of the strain tensor
		GPa		Component of the stress tensor
		GPa		Component of the elastic stiffness tensor
		GPa		Component of the contracted stiffness tensor
		GPa		Component of the elastic compliance tensor
		GPa		Component of the contracted compliance tensor
		s		Time
		K		Temperature
		ms		Velocity vector

Constants

	...	Planck's constant	Js
	...	Reduced Planck's constant
	...	Boltzmann's constant	JK
	...	Elementary charge	C
	...	Electron rest mass	kg
	...	Permittivity constant of vacuum	AsV m