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Subject(s)

• Superconductivity [Browse]
• Solid state physics [Browse]
• Semiconductors [Browse]
• Magnetism [Browse]

Author

• Lüth, H. (Hans) [Browse]

Summary note

Our German textbook "Festkdrperphysik" has become rather pop­ ular among German-speaking students, and is currently produced in its 4th edition. Its version in English has already been adopted by many universities in the United States and other countries. This new 2nd edition corresponds to the 4th edition in German. In addition to correcting some typographical errors and making small improvements in the presentation, in the present edition some chapters have been revised or extended. Panel V, for example, has been extended to include a description of angle-resolved photoemis­ sion and its importance for the study of electronic band structures. Section 10.10 on high-temperature superconductors has completely been rewritten. This active field of research continues to progress rapidly and many new results have emerged since the publication of the first edition. These results shed new light on much of the fun­ damental physics. The new version of Sect. 10.10 has been developed in discussions with colleagues who are themselves engaged in superconductivity research. We thank, in particular, Professor C. Calandra from the University of Modena and Dr. R. Wordenweber of the Institute of Thin Film and Ion Technology at the Research Centre Jiilich. The revision of the problems was done with the help of Dr. W.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-397) and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• 1 Chemical Bonding in Solids
• 1.1 The Periodic Table of the Elements
• 1.2 Covalent Bonding
• 1.3 Ionic Bonding
• 1.4 Metallic Bonding
• 1.5 The Hydrogen Bond
• 1.6 The van der Waals Bond
• Problems
• 2 Crystal Structures
• 2.1 The Crystal Lattice
• 2.2 Point Symmetry
• 2.3 The 32 Crystal Classes (Point Groups)
• 2.4 The Significance of Symmetry
• 2.5 Simple Crystal Structures
• 3 Diffraction from Periodic Structures
• 3.1 General Theory of Diffraction
• 3.2 Periodic Structures and the Reciprocal Lattice
• 3.3 The Scattering Conditions for Periodic Structures
• 3.4 The Bragg Interpretation of the Laue Condition
• 3.5 Brillouin Zones
• 3.6 The Structure Factor
• 3.7 Methods of Structure Analysis
• Panel I: Diffraction Experiments with Various Particles
• Panel II: X-Ray Interferometry and X-Ray Topography
• 4 Dynamics of Atoms in Crystals
• 4.1 The Potential
• 4.2 The Equation of Motion
• 4.3 The Diatomic Linear Chain
• 4.4 Scattering from Time-Varying Structures
• 4.5 Phonon Spectroscopy
• Panel III: Raman Spectroscopy
• 5 Thermal Properties of Crystal Lattices
• 5.1 The Density of States
• 5.2 The Thermal Energy of a Harmonic Oscillator
• 5.3 The Specific Heat Capacity of the Lattice
• 5.4 Effects Due to Anharmonicity
• 5.5 Thermal Expansion
• 5.6 Heat Conduction by Phonons
• Panel IV: Experiments at Low Temperatures
• 6 “Free” Electrons in Solids
• 6.1 The Free Electron Gas in an Infinite Square-Well Potential
• 6.2 The Fermi Gas at T= OK
• 6.3 Fermi Statistics
• 6.4 The Specific Heat Capacity of Electrons in Metals
• 6.5 Electrostatic Screening in a Fermi Gas — The Mott Transition
• 6.6 Thermionic Emission of Electrons from Metals
• 7 The Electronic Bandstructure of Solids
• 7.1 General Symmetry Properties
• 7.2 The Nearly-Free-Electron Approximation
• 7.3 The Tight-Binding Approximation
• 7.4 Examples of Bandstructures
• 7.5 The Density of States
• Panel V: Photoemission Spectroscopy
• 8 Magnetism
• 8.1 Diamagnetism and Paramagnetism
• 8.2 The Exchange Interaction
• 8.3 Exchange Interaction Between Free Electrons
• 8.4 The Band Model of Ferromagnetism
• 8.5 The Temperature Behavior of a Ferromagnet in the Band Model
• 8.6 Ferromagnetic Coupling for Localized Electrons
• 8.7 Antiferromagnetism
• 8.8 Spin Waves
• Panel VI: Magnetostatic Spin Waves
• Panel VII: Surface Magnetism
• 9 Motion of Electrons and Transport Phenomena
• 9.1 Motion of Electrons in Bands and the Effective Mass
• 9.2 Currents in Bands and Holes
• 9.3 Scattering of Electrons in Bands
• 9.4 The Boltzmann Equation and Relaxation Time
• 9.5 The Electrical Conductivity of Metals
• 9.6 Thermoelectric Effects
• 9.7 The Wiedemann-Franz Law
• Panel VIII: Quantum Oscillations and the Topology of Fermi Surfaces
• 10 Superconductivity
• 10.1 Some Fundamental Phenomena Associated with Superconductivity
• 10.2 Phenomenological Description by Means of the London Equations
• 10.3 Instability of the “Fermi Sea” and Cooper Pairs
• 10.4 The BCS Ground State
• 10.5 Consequences of the BCS Theory and Comparison with Experimental Results
• 10.6 Supercurrents and Critical Currents
• 10.7 Coherence of the BCS Ground State and the Meissner-Ochsenfeld Effect
• 10.8 Quantization of Magnetic Flux
• 10.9 Type II Superconductors
• 10.10 Novel “High Temperature” Superconductors
• Panel IX: One-Electron Tunneling in Superconductor Junctions
• Panel X: Cooper Pair Tunneling — The Josephson Effect
• 11 Dielectric Properties of Materials
• 11.1 The Dielectric Function
• 11.2 Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation
• 11.3 The Dielectric Function for a Harmonic Oscillator
• 11.4 Longitudinal and Transverse Normal Modes
• 11.5 Surface Waves on a Dielectric
• 11.6 Reflectivity of a Dielectric Half-Space
• 11.7 The Local Field
• 11.8 The Polarization Catastrophe and Ferroelectrics
• 11.9 The Free Electron Gas
• 11.10 Interband Transitions
• 11.11 Excitons
• 11.12 Dielectric Energy Losses of Electrons
• Panel XI: Spectroscopy with Photons and Electrons
• Panel XII: Infrared Spectroscopy
• Panel XIII: The Frustrated Total Reflection Method
• 12 Semiconductors
• 12.1 Data for a Number of Important Semiconductors.
• 12.2 Charge Carrier Density in Intrinsic Semiconductors
• 12.3 Doping of Semiconductors
• 12.4 Carrier Densities in Doped Semiconductors
• 12.5 Conductivity of Semiconductors
• 12.6 The p-n Junction
• 12.7 Semiconductor Heterostructures and Superlattices.
• Panel XIV: The Hall Effect
• Panel XV: Cyclotron Resonance in Semiconductors
• Panel XVI: Shubnikov-de Haas Oscillations and the Quantum Hall Effect
• Panel XVII: Semiconductor Epitaxy
• References
• Periodic Table of the Elements (Inside front cover)
• Table of Constants and Equivalent Values (Inside back cover).

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ISBN

3-642-88199-8

Doi

• 10.1007/978-3-642-88199-2

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