Solid-State Physics: Introduction to the TheoryLearning Solid State Physics involves a certain degree of maturity, since it involves tying together diverse concepts from many areas of physics. The objective is to understand, in a basic way, how solid materials behave. To do this one needs both a good physical and mathematical background. One definition of Solid State Physics is it is the study of the physical (e.g. the electrical, dielectric, magnetic, elastic, and thermal) properties of solids in terms of basic physical laws. In one sense, Solid State Physics is more like chemistry than some other branches of physics because it focuses on common properties of large classes of materials. It is typical that Solid State Physics emphasizes how physics properties link to electronic structure. We have retained the term Solid Modern solid state physics came of age in the late thirties and forties and is now is part of condensed matter physics which includes liquids, soft materials, and non-crystalline solids. This solid state/condensed matter physics book begins with three broad areas: (1) How and why atoms bind together to form solids, (2) Lattice vibrations and phonons, and (3) Electrons in solids. It then applies these areas to (4) Interactions especially of electrons with phonons, (5) Metals, the Fermi surface and alloys, (6) Semiconductors, (7) Magnetism, (8) Superconductivity, (9) Dielectrics and ferroelectrics, (10) Optical properties, (11) Defects, and (12) Certain other modern topics such as layered materials, quantum Hall effect, mesoscopics, nanophysics, and soft condensed matter. For this 2nd addition new material has been added on the evolution of BEC to BCS phenomena, conducting polymers, graphene, highly correlated electrons, iron pnictide superconductors, light emitting diodes, N-V centers, nanomagnetism, negative index of refraction, optical lattices, phase transitions, phononics, photonics, plasmonics, quantum computing, solar cells, spin Hall effect, and spintronics. The major addition to this 2nd edition is an extensive solutions manual, in which all the text problems are discussed. The problems in our book cover a wide range of difficulty. The solutions in this manual are expected to show what we expect to get out of the problems. In the manual, we have also included a brief summary of solid state physics which should help you get focused on problem solving. We have also included "folk theorems" to remind about the essence of the physics without the mathematics. |
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... condensed matter, and materials science. These three names have overlapping meanings, and as far as we understand, there is no universal agreement on what each term signifies. Let us state what we signify by these terms and why we have ...
... Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016. This book is at the graduate level. 2. Steven H. Simon, The Oxford Solid State Basics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2013. This book is at a modern ...
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... Condensed Matter Physics—A modern presentation, including modern density functional methods with references [3.29]. 7. P. Phillips, Advanced Solid State Physics—A modern Frontiers in Physics book, bearing the imprimatur of David Pines ...
Contents
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3 Electrons in Periodic Potentials | 127 |
4 The Interaction of Electrons and Lattice Vibrations | 239 |
5 Metals Alloys and the Fermi Surface | 300 |
6 Semiconductors | 333 |
7 Magnetism Magnons and Magnetic Resonance | 405 |
8 Superconductivity | 555 |
Fluid Mechanics | 858 |
Condensed Matter Physics Blogs | 863 |
MProblem Solutions | 864 |
Bibliography | 915 |
Chapter 2 | 916 |
Chapter 3 | 917 |
Chapter 4 | 919 |
Chapter 5 | 920 |
9 Dielectrics and Ferroelectrics | 612 |
10 Optical Properties of Solids | 649 |
11 Defects in Solids | 705 |
12 Current Topics in Solid CondensedMatter Physics | 729 |
Appendices | 807 |
BNormal Coordinates | 809 |
CDerivations of Blochs Theorem | 812 |
DDensity Matrices and Thermodynamics | 818 |
ETimeDependent Perturbation Theory | 819 |
FDerivation of the SpinOrbit Term from Diracs Equation | 821 |
GThe Second Quantization Notation for Fermions and Bosons | 823 |
HThe ManyBody Problem | 827 |
IBrief Summary of SolidState Physics | 834 |
JFolk Theorems | 849 |
KHandy Mathematical Results | 853 |
LCondensed Matter Nobel Prize Winners in Physics or Chemistry | 855 |
Chapter 6 | 922 |
Chapter 7 | 923 |
Chapter 8 | 926 |
Chapter 9 | 927 |
Chapter 10 | 928 |
Chapter 12 | 930 |
Appendices | 932 |
Subject References | 933 |
Optics | 934 |
Math Physics | 935 |
General Comprehensive Reference | 936 |
Further Reading | 937 |
Index of MiniBiography | 941 |
Index | 943 |
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