Show that the DebyeWaller factor eW vanishes in the case of a one- or two-dimensional system, but

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Show that the Debye–Waller factor e−W vanishes in the case of a one- or two-dimensional system, but is finite in three dimensions. This reflects the fact, discussed in Sections 10.5, 10.7, and 11.5, that thermal fluctuations prevent long-range order in one and two dimensions. Although there may be locally ordered regions, the fluctuations wash out any overall crystal order.

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