Condensed Matter in a Nutshell (eBook)

Gerald D. Mahan (Autor)

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2010
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3702-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A comprehensive introduction to condensed matter and material physicsCondensed Matter in a Nutshell is the most concise, accessible, and self-contained introduction to this exciting and cutting-edge area of modern physics. This premier textbook covers all the standard topics, including crystal structures, energy bands, phonons, optical properties, ferroelectricity, superconductivity, and magnetism. It includes in-depth discussions of transport theory, nanoscience, and semiconductors, and also features the latest experimental advances in this fast-developing field, such as high-temperature superconductivity, the quantum Hall effect, graphene, nanotubes, localization, Hubbard models, density functional theory, phonon focusing, and Kapitza resistance. Rich in detail and full of examples and problems, this textbook is the complete resource for a two-semester graduate course in condensed matter and material physics.Covers standard topics like crystal structures, energy bands, and phononsFeatures the latest advances like high-temperature superconductivity and moreFull of instructive examples and challenging problemsSolutions manual (available only to teachers)

Autor

Gerald D. Mahan is Distinguished Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University. His books include Quantum Mechanics in a Nutshell (Princeton) and Many-Particle Physics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.10.2010
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Zusatzinfo: 162 line illus. 35 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Schlagworte: absorption band • Anderson localization • Anharmonicity • Attenuation • Azimuthal quantum number • Band gap • Bloch oscillations • Bohr radius • Boltzmann equation • Brillouin zone • Chalcogenide • Charge Density • chemical potential • composite fermion • Coulomb's Law • Cryogenics • crystal structure • Debye model • Degenerate energy levels • density of states • depletion region • Diamagnetism • Direct and indirect band gaps • dynamical mean-field theory • Effective mass (solid-state physics) • Eigenfunction • electronegativity • Electronic band structure • energy level • Exciton • Extrinsic semiconductor • F-center • Fermi energy • Fermion • Fermi surface • Fractional quantum Hall effect • Frenkel defect • Friedel oscillations • halide • Hartree–Fock method • Heavy fermion • hyperfine structure • Impurity • inelastic scattering • internal energy • Ion • Ionization • Ionization energy • Ising Model • Isotope • Kondo effect • Kondo insulator • Magnetic field • Mass diffusivity • Molecular beam • Molecular Vibration • Mott Transition • multipole expansion • Muon • Neutron • Nitride • Oscillator strength • Oxide • particle beam • Peierls Transition • Permittivity • phase transition • Phonon • Photon • Positronium • Pseudopotential • Quantum fluctuation • Quantum number • quantum well • Quasicrystal • quasiparticle • Roton • scattering • Schottky defect • self-energy • semiconductor • Semimetal • Singlet state • Slater determinant • Strain energy • Structure factor • Superconductivity • Superfluidity • Surface Plasmon • Temperature • Threshold energy • Transition metal • Transition temperature • Two-dimensional Electron Gas • Units of energy • Vacuum permittivity • Valence and conduction bands • Valence electron • wave function • Wave vector
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3702-2 / 1400837022
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3702-1 / 9781400837021