Solid State PhysicsThis book provides an introduction to the field of solid state physics for undergraduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering, and materials science. |
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... Chapter N , then the contents of Chapter M ( as well , of course , as its essential prerequisites ) are essential for understanding much or all of Chapter N ; ( b ) If “ ( M ) ” appears after Chapter N , then Chapter M is not an ...
... Chapter N , then the contents of Chapter M ( as well , of course , as its essential prerequisites ) are essential for understanding much or all of Chapter N ; ( b ) If “ ( M ) ” appears after Chapter N , then Chapter M is not an ...
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... chapter . In Chapter 11 some of the more important methods for the detailed calculation of electronic levels are summarized . In Chapters 12 and 13 we shall discuss the bearing of these results on the problems of electronic transport ...
... chapter . In Chapter 11 some of the more important methods for the detailed calculation of electronic levels are summarized . In Chapters 12 and 13 we shall discuss the bearing of these results on the problems of electronic transport ...
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... Chapters 1 , 2 , and 12 was often somewhat qualitative and frequently depended on simplifying features of the particular case being examined . In this chapter we describe a more systematic method of calculating conductivities ...
... Chapters 1 , 2 , and 12 was often somewhat qualitative and frequently depended on simplifying features of the particular case being examined . In this chapter we describe a more systematic method of calculating conductivities ...
Contents
The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
Crystal Lattices | 63 |
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alkali atomic band structure Bloch Bragg plane Bravais lattice Brillouin zone calculation carrier densities Chapter charge density coefficients collision conduction band conduction electrons contribution crystal momentum crystal structure density of levels dependence depletion layer described dielectric constant direction distribution Drude Drude model effect electric field electron gas electron-electron electronic levels electrostatic energy gap example Fermi energy Fermi surface Figure free electron frequency given Hamiltonian hexagonal holes impurity independent electron approximation insulators interaction ionic crystals k-space lattice planes lattice point linear low temperatures macroscopic magnetic field metals neutron normal modes number of electrons one-electron levels orbits periodic potential perpendicular phonon Phys positive primitive cell primitive vectors Problem properties quantum reciprocal lattice vector region result scattering Schrödinger equation semiclassical semiconductors simple cubic solid solution specific heat spin superconducting symmetry term theory valence band vanishes velocity wave functions wave vector zero