Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics: An Introduction for Students of Physics and Materials Science
Cambridge University Press, 7/5/2012
EAN 9781107017108, ISBN10: 1107017106
Hardcover, 418 pages, 25.3 x 19.2 x 2.1 cm
Language: English
This undergraduate textbook merges traditional solid state physics with contemporary condensed matter physics, providing an up-to-date introduction to the major concepts that form the foundations of condensed materials. The main foundational principles are emphasized, providing students with the knowledge beginners in the field should understand. The book is structured in four parts and allows students to appreciate how the concepts in this broad area build upon each other to produce a cohesive whole as they work through the chapters. Illustrations work closely with the text to convey concepts and ideas visually, enhancing student understanding of difficult material, and end-of-chapter exercises varying in difficulty allow students to put into practice the theory they have covered in each chapter and reinforce new concepts.
Part I. Structure
1. Crystal structure
2. Amorphous structure
3. Bonds and cohesion
4. Magnetic structure
Part II. Scattering
5. Scattering theory
6. Scattering by crystals
7. Scattering by amorphous matter
8. Self-similar structures and liquid crystals
Part III. Dynamics
9. Liquid dynamics
10. Crystal vibrations
11. Thermal properties
12. Electrons
the free electron model
13. Electrons
band theory
14. Bulk dynamics and response
Part IV. Transitions
15. Introduction to phase transitions
16. Percolation theory
17. Mean field theory and renormalization
18. Superconductivity
Appendices
Index.