Electrons in Solids: Contemporary Topics

ISBN-13: 9781643276915 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 113 str.

Richard A Dunlap

Opis

The transport of electric charge through most materials is well described in terms of their electronic band structure.The present book deals with two cases where the charge transport in a solid is not described by the simple band structure picture of the solid. These cases are related to the phenomena of the quantum Hall effect and superconductivity. Part I of this book deals with the quantum Hall effect, which is a consequence of the behavior of electrons in solids when they are constrained to move in two dimensions. Part II of the present volume describes the behavior of superconductors, where electrons are bound together in Cooper pairs and travel through a material without resistance.

Spis treści

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Author biography
• Part I The quantum Hall effect
  • The normal Hall effect
  • The integer quantum Hall effect
  • High magnetic field technology
  • Integer quantum Hall effect theory
  • The fractional quantum Hall effect
  • Applications of the quantum Hall effect
• Part II Superconductivity
  • Superconductivity and magnetism
  • Other properties of superconductors
  • BCS theory
  • High temperature superconductivity
  • The Josephson effect
  • Superconductor applications