Advanced solid state physics /

"Providing an up-to-date and lucid presentation of phenomena across modern advanced-level solid state physics, this new edition builds on a basic understanding to introduce students to the key research with the minimum of mathematics. It covers cutting-edge topics, including electron transport...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, Philip (Philip W.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2012]
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Non-interacting electron gas; 3. Born-Oppenheimer approximation; 4. Second quantization; 5. Hartree-Fock approximation; 6. Interacting electron gas; 7. Local magnetic moments in metals; 8. Quenching of local moments: the Kondo problem; 9. Screening and plasmons; 10. Bosonization; 11. Electron-lattice interactions; 12. Superconductivity in metals; 13. Disorder: localization and exceptions; 14. Quantum phase transitions; 15. Quantum hall and other topological states; 16. Electrons at strong coupling: mottness; Index.