Quantum Theory of the Solid State.

Quantum Theory of the Solid State.

This new edition presents a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of the concepts and methods in contemporary condensed matter physics, emphasizing topics that can be treated by quantum mechanical methods. The book features tutorial discussions of a number of current research topics. Also included are up...

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Main Author: Callaway, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington : Elsevier Science, 1991.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Solid state physics.
Quantum theory.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Quantum theory
Solid state physics
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Quantum Theory of the Solid State; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; CHAPTER 1. Electronic Structure; 1.1. BLOCH'S THEOREM; 1.2. THE RECIPROCAL LATTICE AND THE BRILLOUIN ZONE; 1.3. PLANE WAVE EXPANSIONS; 1.4. THE DENSITY OF STATES; 1.5. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF ENERGY BANDS; 1.6. THE CALCULATION OF ENERGY BANDS; 1.7. THE CALCULATION OF ENERGY BANDS: CELL METHODS; 1.8. THE HARTREE-FOCK METHOD; 1.9. DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; 1.10. SURFACES; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. Lattice Dynamics.
  • 2.1. EQUATIONS OF MOTION AND THEIR SOLUTION2.2. OPTICAL PROPERTIES: CLASSICAL THEORY; 2.3. QUANTIZATION OF LATTICE VIBRATIONS; 2.4. THERMODYNAMICS; 2.5. SCATTERING OF THERMAL NEUTRONS BY A VIBRATING CRYSTAL LATTICE; 2.6. THE MÖSSBAUER EFFECT; 2.7. LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; 2.8. QUANTUM THEORY OF THE INTERACTION OF LATTICE VIBRATIONS WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. Symmetry and Its Consequences; 3.1. SPACE GROUPS AND POINT GROUPS; 3.2. IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATATIONS: POINT GROUPS; 3.3. SYMMETRY WITH SPIN; 3.4. lONS IN CRYSTALS; 3.4. lONS IN CRYSTALS.
  • 3.5. IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS:TRANSLATION AND SPACE GROUPS3.6. TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRY; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. Phenomenological Theories of Magnetic Order; 4.1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION; 4.2. INTERACTIONS OF ATOMIC SPINS; 4.3. MOLECULAR FIELD THEORY; 4.4. SPIN WAVES; 4.5. SCATTERING OF SLOW NEUTRONS BY MAGNETICALLY ORDERED SYSTEMS; 4.6. THE ISING MODEL; 4.7. THE MAGNETIC PHASE TRANSITION; 4.8. THE RENORMALIZATION GROUP; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. Impurities and Alloys; 5.1. REPRESENTATION THEORY; 5.2. LOCALIZED IMPURITY STATES; 5.3. IMPURITIES WITH LONG RANGE POTENTIALS.
  • 5.4. ALLOYS5.5. MAGNETIC IMPURITIES; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. External Fields; 6.1. THE ELECTRIC FIELD; 6.2. THE STEADY MAGNETIC FIELD; 6.3. THE LOW FIELD DIAMAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; 6.4. THE DE HAAS-VAN ALPHEN EFFECT; 6.5. OPTICAL PROPERTIES; 6.6. EXCITONS; 6.7. EFFECT OF EXTERNAL FIELDS ON OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. Electrons, Phonons, and Transport; 7.1. THE ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTION; 7.2. TRANSPORT THEORY; 7.3. THE HALL EFFECT AND MAGNETORESISTANCE; 7.4. ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF METALS.
  • 7.5. TRANSPORT IN STRONGLY DISORDEREDAND LOWER DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS7.6. ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE DUE TO LATTICE VIBRATIONS; 7.7. THE POLARON PROBLEM; 7.8. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. Aspects of the Electron-Electron Interaction; 8.1. DIRECT CALCULATIONS OF ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; 8.2. PROPERTIES OF GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; 8.3. SOME PROPERTIES OF AN ELECTRON GAS; 8.4. THE LANDAU THEORY OF FERMI LIQUIDS; 8.5. ELECTRON INTERACTION AND MAGNETIC ORDER; 8.6. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY REVISITED; 8.7. MANY-BODY EFFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTORS; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: Summation Relations.

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