Focuses on the essential concepts needed for an intuitive understanding of modern solid state theory and its experimental applications.
Focuses on the essential concepts needed for an intuitive understanding of modern solid state theory and its experimental applications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Electron bands; 2. Electronic quasiparticles; 3. Classical waves in anisotropic media; 4. Quantized waves; 5. Interactions of quasiparticles; 6. Group theory; 7. The complex susceptibility; 8. Many-body perturbation theory; 9. Coherence and correlation; 10. Spin and magnetic systems; 11. Spontaneous coherence in matter; Appendix A. Review of bra-ket notation; Appendix B. Review of Fourier series and Fourier transforms; Appendix C. Delta-function identities; Appendix D. Quantum single harmonic oscillator; Appendix E. Second-order perturbation theory; Appendix F. Relativistic derivation of spin physics.