A Quantum Approach to Condensed Matter Physics

ISBN-13: 9780521771030 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 426 str.

Philip L. Taylor; O. Heinonen; Olle Heinonen

Opis

This reader-friendly introduction to the theory that underlies the many fascinating properties of solids assumes only an elementary knowledge of quantum mechanics. Taylor and Heinonen describe the methods for performing calculations and making predictions of some of the many complex phenomena that occur in solids and quantum liquids. Their book, aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, leads the reader from the fundamental behavior of electrons and atoms in solids to the most recently explored manifestations of the quantum nature of condensed matter.

Recenzje

'The book has the merit of plentiful problems that cover a broad range of topics.' Physics Today

Spis treści

1. Semiclassical introduction; 2. Second quantization and the electron gas; 3. Boson systems; 4. One-electron theory; 5. Density functional theory; 6. Electron-phonon interactions; 7. Superconductivity; 8. Semiclassical theory of conductivity in metals; 9. Mesoscopic systems; 10. The quantum Hall effect; 11. Kondo effect and heavy fermions.