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Author Peterson, Richard

Title Advanced Solid State Physics
Published Milton : Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (401 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Noninteracting Electron Gas; Problems; Chapter 2 Born-Oppenheimer Approximation; 2.1 Basic Hamiltonian; 2.2 Adiabatic Approximation; 2.3 Reduced-Electron Problem; References; Chapter 3 Second Quantization; 3.1 Bosons; 3.2 Fermions; 3.3 Fermion Operators; Problems; References; Chapter 4 Hartree-Fock Approximation; 4.1 Noninteracting Limit; 4.2 Hartree-Fock Approximation; 4.3 Diagrams; Problems; References; Chapter 5 Interacting Electron Gas; 5.1 Uniform Electron Gas; 5.2 Hartree-Fock Excitation Spectrum
5.3 Cohesive Energy of Metals5.4 Summary; Problems; References; Chapter 6 Local Magnetic Moments in Metals; 6.1 Local Moments: Phenomenology; 6.2 Mean-Field Solution; 6.3 Summary; Problems; References; Chapter 7 Quenching of Local Moments: The Kondo Problem; 7.1 Kondo Hamiltonian; 7.2 Why Is J Negative?; 7.3 Scattering and the Resistivity Minimum; 7.4 Electron-Impurity Scattering Amplitudes; 7.5 Kondo Temperature; 7.6 Poor Man's Scaling; 7.7 Summary; 7.8 Appendix: The Schrieffer-Wolff Transformation; Problems; References; Chapter 8 Screening and Plasmons; 8.1 Thomas-Fermi Screening
8.2 Plasma Oscillations8.3 Linear-Response Theory; 8.4 Dielectric-Response Function; 8.5 Stopping Power of a Plasma; 8.6 Summary; Problems; References; Chapter 9 Bosonization; 9.1 Luttinger Liquid; 9.2 Pair Binding: Can Electrons Do It Alone?; 9.3 Excitation Spectrum; 9.4 Summary; Problems; References; Chapter 10 Electron-Lattice Interactions; 10.1 Harmonic Chain; 10.2 Acoustic Phonons; 10.3 Electron-Phonon Interaction; 10.4 Ultrasonic Attenuation; 10.5 Electrical Conduction; 10.6 Hydrodynamic Limit: Phonon Drag; 10.7 Sound Propagation; 10.8 Summary; Problems; References
Chapter 11 Superconductivity11.1 Superconductivity: Phenomenology; 11.2 Electron-Phonon Effective Interaction; 11.3 Model Interaction; 11.4 Cooper Pairs; 11.5 Fermi-Liquid Theory; 11.6 Pair Amplitude; 11.7 BCS Ground State; 11.8 Pair Fluctuations; 11.9 Ground State Energy; 11.10 Critical Magnetic Field; 11.11 Energy Gap; 11.12 Quasi-Particle Excitations; 11.13 Thermodynamics; 11.14 Experimental Applications; 11.15 Josephson Tunneling; 11.16 Summary; Problems; References; Chapter 12 Localization: The Strong, the Weak, and the Defiant; 12.1 Primer on Localization
12.2 Strong Localization: The Anderson Transition12.3 Scaling Theory; 12.4 Weak Localization; 12.5 The Defiant: Exceptions to Localization; 12.6 Summary; Problems; References; Chapter 13 Quantum Phase Transitions; 13.1 Quantum Rotor Model; 13.2 Scaling; 13.3 Mean-Field Solution; 13.4 Landau-Ginsburg Theory; 13.5 Transport Properties; 13.6 Experiments; 13.7 Summary; Problems; References; Chapter 14 Quantum Hall Effect; 14.1 What Is Quantum about the Hall Effect?; 14.2 Landau Levels; 14.3 The Role of Disorder; 14.4 Currents at the Edge; 14.5 Laughlin Liquid; 14.6 Summary; References; Index
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