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 |
The Sommerfeld Theory of Metals | 29 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
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alkali atomic band structure Bloch boundary condition Bragg plane Bravais lattice Brillouin zone calculation carrier densities Chapter coefficients collisions conduction band conduction electrons contribution crystal momentum density of levels dependence described determined Drude effect electric field electron gas electron-electron electronic levels energy gap equilibrium example Fermi energy Fermi surface Figure frequency given Hamiltonian hexagonal holes impurity independent electron approximation insulators integral interaction ionic crystals k-space k₂ lattice point linear magnetic field metals motion nearly free electron neutron normal modes Note number of electrons one-electron levels orbits periodic potential perpendicular phonon Phys plane waves primitive cell primitive vectors problem properties quantum reciprocal lattice vector region result scattering Schrödinger equation semiclassical semiclassical equations semiclassical model semiconductors simple cubic solid solution specific heat sphere spin superconducting symmetry temperature term thermal tight-binding valence valence band vanishes velocity wave functions wave vector zero