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xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.About Condensed Matter Physics -- 1.1.What Is Condensed Matter Physics -- 1.2.Why Do We Study Condensed Matter Physics? -- 1.3.Why Solid State Physics? -- I.Physics of Solids without Considering Microscopic Structure: The Early Days of Solid State -- 2.Specific Heat of Solids: Boltzmann, Einstein, and Debye -- 2.1.Einstein's Calculation -- 2.2.Debye's Calculation -- 2.2.1.Periodic (Born-von Karman) Boundary Conditions -- 2.2.2.Debye's Calculation Following Planck -- 2.2.3.Debye's "Interpolation" -- 2.2.4.Some Shortcomings of the Debye Theory -- 2.3.Appendix to this Chapter: (Si(B(4) -- Exercises -- 3.Electrons in Metals: Drude Theory -- 3.1.Electrons in Fields -- 3.1.1.Electrons in an Electric Field -- 3.1.2.Electrons in Electric and Magnetic Fields -- 3.2.Thermal Transport -- Exercises -- 4.More Electrons in Metals: Sommerfeld (Free Electron) Theory -- 4.1.Basic Fermi-Dirac Statistics -- 4.2.Electronic Heat Capacity -- |
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Contents note continued: 4.3.Magnetic Spin Susceptibility (Pauli Paramagnetism) -- 4.4.Why Drude Theory Works So Well -- 4.5.Shortcomings of the Free Electron Model -- Exercises -- II.Structure of Materials -- 5.The Periodic Table -- 5.1.Chemistry, Atoms, and the Schroedinger Equation -- 5.2.Structure of the Periodic Table -- 5.3.Periodic Trends -- 5.3.1.Effective Nuclear Charge -- Exercises -- 6.What Holds Solids Together: Chemical Bonding -- 6.1.Ionic Bonds -- 6.2.Covalent Bond -- 6.2.1.Particle in a Box Picture -- 6.2.2.Molecular Orbital or Tight Binding Theory -- 6.3.Van der Waals, Fluctuating Dipole Forces, or Molecular Bonding -- 6.4.Metallic Bonding -- 6.5.Hydrogen Bonds -- Exercises -- 7.Types of Matter -- III.Toy Models of Solids in One Dimension -- 8.One-Dimensional Model of Compressibility, Sound, and Thermal Expansion -- Exercises -- 9.Vibrations of a One-Dimensional Monatomic Chain -- 9.1.First Exposure to the Reciprocal Lattice -- |
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Contents note continued: 9.2.Properties of the Dispersion of the One-Dimensional Chain -- 9.3.Quantum Modes: Phonons -- 9.4.Crystal Momentum -- Exercises -- 10.Vibrations of a One-Dimensional Diatomic Chain -- 10.1.Diatomic Crystal Structure: Some Useful Definitions -- 10.2.Normal Modes of the Diatomic Solid -- Exercises -- 11.Tight Binding Chain (Interlude and Preview) -- 11.1.Tight Binding Model in One Dimension -- 11.2.Solution of the Tight Binding Chain -- 11.3.Introduction to Electrons Filling Bands -- 11.4.Multiple Bands -- Exercises -- IV.Geometry of Solids -- 12.Crystal Structure -- 12.1.Lattices and Unit Cells -- 12.2.Lattices in Three Dimensions -- 12.2.1.The Body-Centered Cubic (bcc) Lattice -- 12.2.2.The Face-Centered Cubic (fcc) Lattice -- 12.2.3.Sphere Packing -- 12.2.4.Other Lattices in Three Dimensions -- 12.2.5.Some Real Crystals -- Exercises -- 13.Reciprocal Lattice, Brillouin Zone, Waves in Crystals -- 13.1.The Reciprocal Lattice in Three Dimensions -- |
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Contents note continued: 13.1.1.Review of One Dimension -- 13.1.2.Reciprocal Lattice Definition -- 13.1.3.The Reciprocal Lattice as a Fourier Transform -- 13.1.4.Reciprocal Lattice Points as Families of Lattice Planes -- 13.1.5.Lattice Planes and Miller Indices -- 13.2.Brillouin Zones -- 13.2.1.Review of One-Dimensional Dispersions and Brillouin Zones -- 13.2.2.General Brillouin Zone Construction -- 13.3.Electronic and Vibrational Waves in Crystals in Three Dimensions -- Exercises -- V.Neutron and X-Ray Diffraction -- 14.Wave Scattering by Crystals -- 14.1.The Laue and Bragg Conditions -- 14.1.1.Fermi's Golden Rule Approach -- 14.1.2.Diffraction Approach -- 14.1.3.Equivalence of Laue and Bragg conditions -- 14.2.Scattering Amplitudes -- 14.2.1.Simple Example -- 14.2.2.Systematic Absences and More Examples -- 14.2.3.Geometric Interpretation of Selection Rules -- 14.3.Methods of Scattering Experiments -- 14.3.1.Advanced Methods -- 14.3.2.Powder Diffraction -- |
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Contents note continued: 14.4.Still More About Scattering -- 14.4.1.Scattering in Liquids and Amorphous Solids -- 14.4.2.Variant: Inelastic Scattering -- 14.4.3.Experimental Apparatus -- Exercises -- VI.Electrons in Solids -- 15.Electrons in a Periodic Potential -- 15.1.Nearly Free Electron Model -- 15.1.1.Degenerate Perturbation Theory -- 15.2.Bloch's Theorem -- Exercises -- 16.Insulator, Semiconductor, or Metal -- 16.1.Energy Bands in One Dimension -- 16.2.Energy Bands in Two and Three Dimensions -- 16.3.Tight Binding -- 16.4.Failures of the Band-Structure Picture of Metals and Insulators -- 16.5.Band Structure and Optical Properties -- 16.5.1.Optical Properties of Insulators and Semiconductors -- 16.5.2.Direct and Indirect Transitions -- 16.5.3.Optical Properties of Metals -- 16.5.4.Optical Effects of Impurities -- Exercises -- 17.Semiconductor Physics -- 17.1.Electrons and Holes -- 17.1.1.Drude Transport: Redux -- 17.2.Adding Electrons or Holes with Impurities: Doping -- |
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Contents note continued: 17.2.1.Impurity States -- 17.3.Statistical Mechanics of Semiconductors -- Exercises -- 18.Semiconductor Devices -- 18.1.Band Structure Engineering -- 18.1.1.Designing Band Gaps -- 18.1.2.Non-Homogeneous Band Gaps -- 18.2.p-n Junction -- 18.3.The Transistor -- Exercises -- VII.Magnetism and Mean Field Theories -- 19.Magnetic Properties of Atoms: Para- and Dia-Magnetism -- 19.1.Basic Definitions of Types of Magnetism -- 19.2.Atomic Physics: Hund's Rules -- 19.2.1.Why Moments Align -- 19.3.Coupling of Electrons in Atoms to an External Field -- 19.4.Free Spin (Curie or Langevin) Paramagnetism -- 19.5.Larmor Diamagnetism -- 19.6.Atoms in Solids -- 19.6.1.Pauli Paramagnetism in Metals -- 19.6.2.Diamagnetism in Solids -- 19.6.3.Curie Paramagnetism in Solids -- Exercises -- 20.Spontaneous Magnetic Order: Ferro-, Antiferro-, and Ferri-Magnetism -- 20.1.(Spontaneous) Magnetic Order -- 20.1.1.Ferromagnets -- 20.1.2.Antiferromagnets -- 20.1.3.Ferrimagnets -- |
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Contents note continued: 20.2.Breaking Symmetry -- 20.2.1.Ising Model -- Exercises -- 21.Domains and Hysteresis -- 21.1.Macroscopic Effects in Ferromagnets: Domains -- 21.1.1.Domain Wall Structure and the Bloch/Neel Wall -- 21.2.Hysteresis in Ferromagnets -- 21.2.1.Disorder Pinning -- 21.2.2.Single-Domain Crystallites -- 21.2.3.Domain Pinning and Hysteresis -- Exercises -- 22.Mean Field Theory -- 22.1.Mean Field Equations for the Ferromagnetic Ising Model -- 22.2.Solution of Self-Consistency Equation -- 22.2.1.Paramagnetic Susceptibility -- 22.2.2.Further Thoughts -- Exercises -- 23.Magnetism from Interactions: The Hubbard Model -- 23.1.Itinerant Ferromagnetism -- 23.1.1.Hubbard Ferromagnetism Mean Field Theory -- 23.1.2.Stoner Criterion -- 23.2.Mott Antiferromagnetism -- 23.3.Appendix: Hubbard Model for the Hydrogen Molecule -- Exercises -- A.Sample Exam and Solutions -- B.List of Other Good Books -- Indices -- Index of People. |
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