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Electron-Phonon Interactions and Phase Transitions

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  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Tormod Riste

    1. Institute for Atomic Energy, Kjeller, Norway

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 29)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Phase Changes and Electron Phonon Couplings in Perfect Crystals. Modulated Structures. An Introduction

    • J. Friedel
    Pages 1-49

  3. Neutron Scattering Studies of Electron-Phonon Interactions

    • J. D. Axe
    Pages 50-65

  4. Phase Transitions in Quasi One-Dimensional Metals (TTF-TCNQ and KCP)

    • Per Bak
    Pages 66-87

  5. Solitons and Charge Density Waves

    • Alan Luther
    Pages 88-106

  6. Charge Density Waves in Layered Compounds

    • F. J. Di Salvo
    Pages 107-136

  7. Landau Theory of Charge Density Waves

    • W. L. McMillan
    Pages 137-141

  8. Microscopic Model of Charge Density Waves in 2H-TaSe2

    • W. L. McMillan
    Pages 142-149

  9. Light Scattering by Charge Density Wave Modes in KCP and 2H-TaSe2

    • E. F. Steigmeier, G. Harbeke, H. Auderset
    Pages 150-152

  10. Symmetry Classification of Modulated Structures

    • P. M. de Wolff
    Pages 153-171

  11. Superspace Groups for the Classification of Modulated Crystals

    • T. Janssen
    Pages 172-180

  12. Structural Phase Transitions and Superconductivity in A-15 Compounds

    • L. R. Testardi
    Pages 181-193

  13. Superconductivity and Martensitic Transformations in A-15 Compounds

    • W. L. McMillan
    Pages 194-199

  14. p-d Hybridization, Incipient Lattice Instabilities and Superconductivity in Transition Metal Compounds

    • J. Hafner, W. Hanke, H. Bilz
    Pages 200-208

  15. Pseudo-Spin Approach to Structural Phase Transitions

    • R. B. Stinchcombe
    Pages 209-244

  16. Theory of Jahn-Teller Transitions

    • H. Thomas
    Pages 245-270

  17. Local Jahn-Teller Effect at a Structural Phase Transition

    • K.-H. Höck, H. Thomas
    Pages 271-276

  18. Optical Studies of Jahn-Teller Transitions

    • R. T. Harley
    Pages 277-296

  19. Electric Susceptibility Studies of Cooperative Jahn-Teller Ordering in Rare-Earth Crystals

    • D. R. Taylor
    Pages 297-301

  20. Neutron Scattering Studies of the Cooperative Jahn-Teller Effect

    • J. K. Kjems
    Pages 302-322
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About this book

This NATO Advanced Study Institute was the fourth in a series devoted to the subject of phase transitions and instabilities with particular attention to structural phase transforma~ions. Beginning wi th the first Geilo institute in 19'(1 we have seen the emphasis evolve from the simple quasiharmonic soft mode description within the Landau theory, through the unexpected spectral structure re­ presented by the "central peak" (1973), to such subjects as melting, turbulence and hydrodynamic instabilities (1975). Sophisticated theoretical techniques such as scaling laws and renormalization group theory developed over the same period have brought to this wide range of subjects a pleasing unity. These institutes have been instrumental in placing structural transformations clearly in the mainstream of statistical physics and critical phenomena. The present Geilo institute retains some of the counter cul­ tural flavour of the first one by insisting whenever possible upon peeking under the skirts of even the most successful phenomenology to catch a glimpse of the underlying microscopic processes. Of course the soft mode remains a useful concept, but the major em­ phasis of this institute is the microscopic cause of the mode softening. The discussions given here illustrate that for certain important classes of solids the cause lies in the electron phonon interaction. Three major types of structural transitions are considered. In the case of metals and semimetals, the electron phonon interaction relie6 heavily on the topology of the Fermi surface.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Atomic Energy, Kjeller, Norway

    Tormod Riste

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Electron-Phonon Interactions and Phase Transitions

  • Editors: Tormod Riste

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series B:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8921-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-8923-5Published: 31 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-8921-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1221

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 416

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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