Introduction to solid state physics /
"This is an introductory book on solid state physics. It is a translation of a Hebrew version, written for the Open University in Israel. Aimed mainly for self-study, the book contains appendices with the necessary background, explains each calculation in detail and contains many solved problem...
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Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ :
World Scientific,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction
- 1.1.What is the nature of the solid state?
- 1.2.The spatial dimensions
- 1.3.The present book
- 2.The crystalline structure of solids
- 2.1.Lattices and crystals in one dimension
- 2.2.Two-dimensional lattices
- 2.3.Planar Bravais lattices with a base
- 2.4.The lattice vectors and the unit cell
- 2.5.The cubic lattices
- 2.6.Dense packing in space
- 2.7.Classification of periodic lattices according to their symmetries
- 2.8.Quasicrystals
- 2.9.Epitaxial growth, thin films, superlattices and multi-layered structures
- 2.10.Magnetism
- 2.11.Answers for the problems in the text
- 2.12.Problems for self-evaluation
- 2.13.Answers for the self-evaluation problems
- Appendix A The Platonic bodies
- A.1.Answers
- 3.Radiation scattering off crystals
- 3.1.Introduction: identifying crystalline structures
- 3.2.Bragg's law
- 3.3.Scattering off a point-like Bravais lattice
- 3.4.The reciprocal lattice
- Note continued: 3.5.Brillouin zones
- 3.6.The reciprocal lattice and lattice planes
- 3.7.Experimental methods
- 3.8.Fourier series and reciprocal lattice
- 3.9.The structure factor
- 3.10.The temperature dependence; the Debye-Waller factor
- 3.11.Scattering off quasicrystals
- 3.12.Scattering of electrons off surfaces
- 3.13.Neutron scattering off magnetic crystals
- 3.14.Answers for the problems in the text
- 3.15.Problems for self-evaluation
- 3.16.Answers for the self-evaluation problems
- Appendix B Fourier series
- B.1.Answers
- 4.Crystal bonding
- 4.1.Preface
- 4.2.The ionic bond
- 4.3.Thecovalent bond
- 4.4.Molecular crystals-van der Waals bond
- 4.5.The hydrogen bond
- 4.6.Metallic crystals
- 4.7.Magnetism
- 4.8.Answers for the problems in the text
- 4.9.Problems for self-evaluation
- 4.10.Answers for the self-evaluation problems
- Appendix C Topics in quantum mechanics
- C.1.Answer
- 5.Lattice vibrations
- Note continued: 5.1.Classical equations of motion in one dimension
- 5.2.Classical equations of motion (arbitrary dimensions)
- 5.3.The eigenmodes of a finite lattice
- 5.4.Density of states, specific heat of phonons
- 5.5.Crystal stability and the Debye-Waller factor
- 5.6.Impurities, localized modes, scattering of sound waves
- 5.7.Lattice momentum and inelastic scattering of phonons
- 5.8.Phenomena related to anharmonic effects
- 5.9.Magnons
- 5.10.Answers for the problems in the text
- 5.11.Problems for self-evaluation
- 5.12.Answers for the self-evaluation problems
- Appendix D The continuum limit
- D.1.Answer
- 6.Electrons in solids
- 6.1.Preface
- 6.2.The Drude theory
- 6.3.The Sommerfeld theory
- 6.4.Electrons in a periodic potential: the Bloch theorem
- 6.5.The Kronig-Penney potential
- 6.6.Nearly-free electrons
- 6.7.The tight-binding approximation
- 6.8.Metals, insulators, and semiconductors
- Note continued: 6.9.Density of states, charge-carriers' density, specific heat
- 6.10.The semiclassical equations of motion for electrons in a periodic potential
- 6.11.Electrons in a magnetic field
- 6.12.A metal or an insulator?
- 6.13.Answers for the problems in the text
- 6.14.Problems for self-evaluation
- 6.15.Answers for the self-evaluation problems
- Appendix E The Schrodinger equation for electrons in a magnetic field
- E.1.Answers
- 7.Selected topics
- 7.1.Preface
- 7.2.Soft condensed-matter
- 7.3.Mesoscopic physics
- 7.4.Answers for the problems in the text
- 7.5.Problems for self-evaluation
- 7.6.Answers for the self-evaluation problems.