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- Covers foundation topics in first two parts, with expansions and enrichment material placed in last two sections – the latter enabling instructors to customize the course to their and their students’ research interests.- Bonafide textbook with chapter summaries and exercises (with solutions), worked examples, and many illustrations.- Supplies background materials in appendices.- Prof. Economou is author of the well-known Green’s Functions in Quantum Physics 3e
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Physics (GTP)
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Front Matter
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An Overview
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Front Matter
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Two Simple Models for Solids
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Front Matter
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More About Periodicity & its Consequences
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Front Matter
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MORE ABOUT PERIODICITY & ITS CONSEQUENCES
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Materials
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Front Matter
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About this book
Solid State Physics emphasizes a few fundamental principles and extracts from them a wealth of information. This approach also unifies an enormous and diverse subject which seems to consist of too many disjoint pieces. The book starts with the absolutely minimum of formal tools, emphasizes the basic principles, and employs physical reasoning (" a little thinking and imagination" to quote R. Feynman) to obtain results. Continuous comparison with experimental data leads naturally to a gradual refinement of the concepts and to more sophisticated methods. After the initial overview with an emphasis on the physical concepts and the derivation of results by dimensional analysis, The Physics of Solids deals with the Jellium Model (JM) and the Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO) approaches to solids and introduces the basic concepts and information regarding metals and semiconductors.
Authors and Affiliations
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Foundation for Research and, Technology-Hellas (FORTH), University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Eleftherios N. Economou
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Physics of Solids
Book Subtitle: Essentials and Beyond
Authors: Eleftherios N. Economou
Series Title: Graduate Texts in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02069-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-02068-1Published: 14 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50128-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-02069-8Published: 04 August 2010
Series ISSN: 1868-4513
Series E-ISSN: 1868-4521
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 865
Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Engineering, general, Metallic Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films