Since the publication of the first edition over 50 years ago, Introduction to Solid State Physics has been the standard solid state physics text for physics students. The author's goal from the beginning has been to write a book that is accessible to undergraduates and consistently teachable. The emphasis in the book has always been on physics rather than formal mathematics. With each new edition, the author has attempted to add important new developments in the field without sacrificing the book's accessibility and teachability. * A very important chapter on nanophysics has been written by an…mehr
Since the publication of the first edition over 50 years ago, Introduction to Solid State Physics has been the standard solid state physics text for physics students. The author's goal from the beginning has been to write a book that is accessible to undergraduates and consistently teachable. The emphasis in the book has always been on physics rather than formal mathematics. With each new edition, the author has attempted to add important new developments in the field without sacrificing the book's accessibility and teachability. * A very important chapter on nanophysics has been written by an active worker in the field. This field is the liveliest addition to solid state science during the past ten years * The text uses the simplifications made possible by the wide availability of computer technology. Searches using keywords on a search engine (such as Google) easily generate many fresh and useful referencesHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Charles Kittel did his undergraduate work in physics at M.I.T and at the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He worked in the solid state group at Bell Laboratories, along with Bardeen and Shockley, leaving to start the theoretical solid state physics group at Berkeley in 1951. His research has been largely in magnetism and in semiconductors. In magnetism he developed the theories of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic resonance and the theory of single ferromagnetic domains, and extended the Bloch theory of magnons. In semiconductor physics he participated in the first cyclotron and plasma resonance experiments and extended the results to the theory of impurity states and to electron-hole drops. He has been awarded three Guggenheim fellowships, the Oliver Buckley Prize for Solid State Physics, and, for contributions to teaching, the Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers, He is a member of the National Academy of Science and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Chapter 1. Crystal Structure.
Chapter 2. Wave Diffraction and the Reciprocal Lattice.
Chapter 3. Crystal Binding.
Chapter 4. Phonons I. Crystal Vibrations.
Chapter 5. Phonons II. Thermal Properties.
Chapter 6. Free Electyron Fermi Gas.
Chapter 7. Energy Bands.
Chapter 8. Semiconductor Crystals.
Chapter 9. Fermi Surfaces and Metals.
Chapter 10. Superconductivity.
Chapter 11. Diamagnetism and Paramagnetism.
Chapter 12. Ferromagnetism and Antiferromagnetism.
Chapter 13. Magnetic Resonance.
Chapter 14. Plasmons, Polarons, and Polaritons.
Chapter 15. Optical Processes and Excitons.
Chapter 16. Dielectrics and Excitons.
Chapter 17. Surface and Interface Physics.
Chapter 18. Nanostrutue Solids.
Chapter 19. Noncrystalline Solids.
Chapter 20. Point Defects.
Chapter 21. Disclocations.
Chapter 22. Alloys.
Appendix A: Temperature Dependence of the Reflection Lines.
Appendix B: Ewald Calculation of Lattice Sums.
Appendix C: Quantization of Elastic Waves: Phonons.
Appendix D: Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function.
Appendix E: Derivation of the dk/dt Equation.
Appendix F: Boltzmann Transport Equation.
Appendix G: Vector Potential, Field Momentum, and GaugeTransformations.
