Jenö Sólyom

Fundamentals of the Physics of Solids (eBook, PDF)

Volume 3 - Normal, Broken-Symmetry, and Correlated Systems

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the third of a three-volume series written by the same author that aims to deliver a comprehensive and self-contained account of the vast field of solid-state physics. It goes far beyond most classic texts in the presentation of the properties of solids and experimentally observed phenomena, along with the basic concepts and theoretical methods used to understand them and the essential features of various experimental techniques.

The first volume deals with the atomic and magnetic structure and dynamics of solids, the second with those electronic properties that can be understood in the one-particle approximation, and the third with the effects due to interactions and correlations between electrons.

In the present volume the electron-electron interaction is treated first in the Hartree-Fock approximation. The density-functional theory is introduced to account for correlation effects. The response to external perturbations is discussed in the framework of linear response theory. Landau's Fermi-liquid theory is followed by the theory of Luttinger liquids. The subsequent chapters are devoted to electronic phases with broken symmetry: to itinerant magnetism, to spin- and charge-density waves and their realizations in quasi-one-dimensional materials, as well as to the microscopic theory of superconductivity. An overview is given of the physics of strongly correlated systems. The last chapter covers selected problems in the physics of disordered systems.

The text provides material for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses. It will also be a valuable reference for researchers in the field of condensed matter physics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 747
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783642045189
• Artikelnr.: 37375025

Autorenporträt

Jenö Sólyom, Research Inst. for Solid State Physics, Budapest, Hungary

Inhaltsangabe

The Structure of Condensed Matter.- The Building Blocks of Solids.- Bonding in Solids.- Symmetries of Crystals.- Consequences of Symmetries.- The Structure of Crystals.- Methods of Structure Determination.- The Structure of Real Crystals.- The Structure of Noncrystalline Solids.- Dynamics of Crystal Lattices.- The Quantum Theory of Lattice Vibrations.- The Experimental Study of Phonons.- Magnetically Ordered Systems.- Elementary Excitations in Magnetic Systems.

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Free-electron model of metals. - Electrons in the periodic potential of a crystal. - Simple models of band structure. - Methods for calculating and measuring the band structure. - Electronic structure of semiconductors. - Semiclassical dynamics of electrons. - Electrons in strong magnetic fields. - Electrons in thermally vibrating lattices. - Transport phenomena. - Optical properties of solids. - Superconductivity. - Transport of carriers in semiconductor devices. - Quantum mechanical perturbation theory. - Second quantization. - Canonical Transformation.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:
"The second volume is centered on the highly mobile portion of a solid, the electrons. ... senior students in physics will be able to tutor themselves through reading this volume. The text will also be very useful to a non-specialist in the field of electronic properties or to a research scientist who wants to get a basic introduction to the field. ... second volume of this series lives up to our expectations and will be very useful to students, teachers, and scientists in solid-state physics." (Fernande Grandjean and Gary J. Long, Belgian Physical Society Magazine, Issue 3, 2010)