Berry Phases in Electronic Structure Theory: Electric Polarization, Orbital Magnetization and Topological Insulators

ISBN-13: 9781107157651 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 394 str.

David Vanderbilt

Opis

An introduction to the role of Berry phases in our modern understanding of the physics of electrons in solids.

Recenzje

'… I would like to recommend this book to crystallographers, and more generally to condensed-matter physicists who wish to learn about the physics of Berry phases. The pedagogical presentation used throughout will allow careful readers to start working on the more detailed literature with a solid basis and a clear view of recent results.' Laurent Chaput, Acta Crystallographica

Spis treści

Preface; Acronyms; Introduction; 1. Invariance and quantization of charges and currents; 2. Review of electronic structure theory; 3. Berry phases and curvatures; 4. Electric polarization; 5. Topological insulators and semimetals; 6. Orbital magnetization and axion magnetoelectric coupling; Appendix A. Fourier transform conventions; Appendix B. Optimal alignment and the singular value decomposition; Appendix C. Gauge transformation of the Chern–Simons axion coupling; Appendix D. The PythTB package; References; Index.