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Review: Introduction to Solid State PhysicsUser Review - GoodreadsAdmittedly, this text can be a little sparse, but I was captivated by the subject matter and referenced it in subsequent school work / out of personal interest. Some people prefer Ashcroft & Mermin, which apparently includes more in the way of detailed explanations / derivations. Review: Introduction to Solid State PhysicsUser Review - GoodreadsThere's a lot of material here, but very little that is presented well. The proofs are skeletons of arguments, presumably to let the reader learn by struggling to fill in the gaps. The fundamental ... Related books
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Common terms and phrasesabsolute zero alloys approximation atoms band edge Bloch Brillouin zone calculated Chapter charge collisions components conduction band conduction electrons crystal structure defined density dielectric constant dielectric function diffraction direction dislocation dispersion relation displacement effective mass elastic electric field electron concentration electron gas energy band energy gap equation equilibrium exciton experimental Fermi surface ferromagnetic Figure filled film find first Brillouin zone Fourier free atom free electron frequency germanium heat capacity hole impurity integral interaction ion cores lattice constant lattice point low temperatures magnetic field metals modes momentum motion nearest-neighbor normal optical orbitals oscillator particle phase phonon plane plasmons polarization positive potential energy primitive cell quantum reciprocal lattice vector reflection region resonance result scattering semiconductor shown in Fig silicon Solid state physics space specimen sphere spin superconducting theory thermal tion transition unit valence band values velocity volume wave wavefunction wavelength wavevector zone boundary zone scheme Bibliographic information |