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  2. Electron hole - Wikipedia

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    When an electron leaves a helium atom, it leaves an electron hole in its place. This causes the helium atom to become positively charged. In physics, chemistry, and electronic engineering, an electron hole (often simply called a hole) is a quasiparticle denoting the lack of an electron at a position where one could exist in an atom or atomic lattice.

  3. Channel Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Channel Islands [note 1] are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands.

  4. Carrier generation and recombination - Wikipedia

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    The electron–hole pair is the fundamental unit of generation and recombination in inorganic semiconductors, corresponding to an electron transitioning between the valence band and the conduction band where generation of an electron is a transition from the valence band to the conduction band and recombination leads to a reverse transition.

  5. List of quasiparticles - Wikipedia

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    Electron quasiparticle: An electron as affected by the other forces and interactions in the solid: electron Electron hole (hole) A lack of electron in a valence band: crystal lattice Exciton: A bound state of an electron and a hole (See also: biexciton) electron, hole Exciton-polariton: A bound state of an exciton and a photon. photon, exciton ...

  6. English Channel - Wikipedia

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    By the eighteenth century, the name English Channel was in common usage in England. Following the Acts of Union 1707, this was replaced in official maps and documents with British Channel or British Sea for much of the next century. However, the term English Channel remained popular and was finally in official usage by the nineteenth century. [11]

  7. Exciton - Wikipedia

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    An exciton is a bound state of an electron and an electron hole which are attracted to each other by the electrostatic Coulomb force resulting from their opposite charges. It is an electrically neutral quasiparticle regarded as an elementary excitation primarily in condensed matter, such as insulators, semiconductors, some metals, and in some liquids.

  8. List of islands of the Channel Islands - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of islands within the Channel Islands in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. This group of islands includes the Bailiwick of Guernsey , the Bailiwick of Jersey and Chausey .

  9. Semiconductor detector - Wikipedia

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    Ionizing radiation produces free electrons and electron holes. The number of electron-hole pairs is proportional to the energy of the radiation to the semiconductor. As a result, a number of electrons are transferred from the valence band to the conduction band, and an equal number of holes are created in the valence band.