Physics of Interacting Electrons in Disordered Systems

ISBN-13: 9780198520238 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 272 str.

Hiroshi Kamimura; Hideo Aoki

Opis

The behaviour of electrons in systems without periodicity is one of the most fascinating areas in solid-state physics, and the last 25 years have seen an enormous increase in research in this field. This has given rise to many new ideas for understanding electronic states in disordered systems, especially the study of the degenerate electron gas in which electron-electron interactions are important.This book provides a much needed survey of these advances. In the first part of the book, the authors discuss impurity bands in three dimensions. Attention is focused on the regime in which the electrons are spatially localized rather than free, so that an interesting interplay of localization and interaction arises. In the second part of the book, they look at the outstanding features of the two-dimensional systems, explaining how these make the localization problem special and interesting.The authors have provided a clear outline of the theoretical picture for the chosen materials and description heuristic. Each chapter is self-contained, allowing readers to pursue their special interests.

This book surveys recent advances in research into the electronic properties of disordered systems in two parts. The first half treats impurity bands in three dimensions; the second half deals with outstanding features of two-dimensional electron systems.

Recenzje

'I can recommend the book as a work of reference on the subjects of the authors' expertise ... and as an experimental review of electronic behaviour in the Anderson Localized phase.' Professor J.M.F. Gunn, University of Birmingham, Contemporary Physics, Volume 33 Number 2, March/April 1992

Spis treści

Introduction; Electronic states of an isolated impurity; Historical development of localization theories in impurity bands; Electron-electron interactions in impurity bands; Cluster calculations for interacting electron systems; Renormalization approach for disordered electron systems; Hopping conduction and related phenomena; Two-dimensional disordered systems; Two-dimensional systems in magnetic fields; Interacting electrons in the quantum Hall regime - The fractional quantum Hall effect; Index