High-energy bands are important for electron diffraction physics, where the electrons can be injected into a material at high energies, see Stern, R.; Perry, J.; Boudreaux, D. (1969). "Low-Energy Electron-Diffraction Dispersion Surfaces and Band Structure in Three-Dimensional Mixed Laue and Bragg Reflections". Reviews of Modern Physics. 41 (2): 275. Bibcode:1969RvMP...41..275S. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.41.275..
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High-energy bands are important for electron diffraction physics, where the electrons can be injected into a material at high energies, see Stern, R.; Perry, J.; Boudreaux, D. (1969). "Low-Energy Electron-Diffraction Dispersion Surfaces and Band Structure in Three-Dimensional Mixed Laue and Bragg Reflections". Reviews of Modern Physics. 41 (2): 275. Bibcode:1969RvMP...41..275S. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.41.275..