Solid State PhysicsNow available in paperback, Solid State Physics is designed to serve as a first text for a course on the physics of solids. Updated to reflect recent work in the field, this book emphasizes crystalline solids, going from the crystal lattice to the ideas of reciprocal space and Brillouin zones, and develops these ideas for lattice vibrations, for the theory of metals, and for semiconductors. The theme of lattice periodicity and its varied consequences runs through eighty percent of the book. Other sections deal with major aspects of solid state physics controlled by other phenomena: super-conductivity, dielectric and magnetic properties, and magnetic resonance. The book does not require a formal knowledge of quantum mechanics, and includes over 100 problems of varied length and difficulty. It will also be useful to chemists, material scientists, and electrical engineers who need an introduction to the subject for self study. |
Contents
Crystallinity and the Form of Solids | 6 |
11 Forms of Interatomic Binding | 6 |
12 Symmetry Operations | 25 |
13 Actual Crystal Structures | 39 |
14 Crystal Diffraction | 51 |
15 Reciprocal Space | 67 |
16 Crystalline Defects | 74 |
Problems | 81 |
35 Dynamics of Electron Motion | 235 |
36 Superconductivity | 266 |
Problems | 285 |
Bibliography | 291 |
Semiconductors | 293 |
41 Equilibrium Electron Statistics | 295 |
42 Electronic Transport in a Semiconductor | 330 |
43 Band Shapes in Real Semiconductors | 362 |
Bibliography | 85 |
Lattice Dynamics | 87 |
21 Elastic Waves Atomic Displacements and Phonons | 88 |
22 Vibrational Modes of a Monatomic Lattice | 92 |
23 Vibrational Spectrum for a Structure with a Basis | 105 |
24 Phonon Statistics and Lattice Specific Heats | 120 |
25 Thermal Conduction | 132 |
Problems | 144 |
Bibliography | 147 |
Electrons in Metals | 149 |
31 Some Features of the Metallic State | 151 |
32 Classical Free Electron Theory | 157 |
33 The Quantized Free Electron Theory | 170 |
34 The Band Theory of Solids | 202 |
44 Excess Carrier Phenomena | 378 |
Problems | 396 |
403 | |
Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of Solids | 405 |
51 Dielectric Properties | 407 |
52 Magnetic Properties of Solids | 431 |
53 Magnetic Resonance | 455 |
Problems | 484 |
Bibliography | 488 |
Table of Some Useful Numerical Constants | 490 |
Author Index | 491 |
497 | |
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