Grosso, Giuseppe,

Solid state physics / Giuseppe Grosso, Department of Physics, University of Pisa and NEST, Institute of Nanoscience-CNR, Pisa, Italy, Giuseppe Pastori Parravicini, Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Italy. - Second edition. - 1 online resource (xiv, 857 pages) : illustrations - Gale virtual reference library .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Electrons in one-dimensional periodic potentials -- 2. Geometrical description of crystals : direct and reciprocal lattices -- 3. The Sommerfeld free-electron theory of metals -- 4. The one-electron approximation and beyond -- 5. Band theory of crystals -- 6. Electronic properties of selected crystals -- 7. Excitons, plasmons, and dielectric screening in crystals -- 8. Interacting electronic-nuclear systems and the adiabatic principle -- 9. Lattice dynamics of crystals -- 10. Scattering of particles by crystals -- 11. Optical and transport properties of metals -- 12. Optical properties of semiconductors and insulators -- 13. Transport in intrinsic and homogeneously doped semiconductors -- 14. Transport in inhomogeneous semiconductors -- 15. Electron gas in magnetic fields -- 16. Magnetic properties of localized systems and Kondo impurities -- 17. Magnetic ordering in crystals -- 18. Superconductivity.

This book covers the most important scientific breakthroughs of the last decade (especially in low-dimensional systems and quantum transport).

9780123850300 (hardback) 9780123850317 (electronic book)


Solid state physics.

QC176 / .G76 2014

537.622

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