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Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

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ISBN-10: 0521872901

ISBN-13: 9780521872904

Edition: 2009

Authors: Leonard M. Sander

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This text includes coverage of important topics that are not commonly featured in other textbooks on condensed matter physics; these include surfaces, the quantum Hall effect and superfluidity. The author avoids complex formalism, such as Green's functions, which can obscure the underlying physics, and instead emphasizes fundamental physical reasoning. This text is intended for classroom use, so it features plenty of references and extensive problems for solution based on the author's many years of teaching in the Physics Department at the University of Michigan. This textbook is ideal for physics graduates as well as students in chemistry and engineering; it can equally serve as a…    
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Book details

List price: $70.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/19/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 286
Size: 7.52" wide x 9.92" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Preface
The nature of condensed matter
Some basic orders of magnitude
Quantum or classical
Chemical bonds
The exchange interaction
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Problems
Order and disorder
Ferromagnets
Crystals
Other ordered states
Order parameters
Disordered condensed matter
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Problems
Crystals, scattering, and correlations
Crystals
Fourier analysis and the reciprocal lattice
Scattering
Correlation functions
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Problems
Surfaces and crystal growth
Observing surfaces: scanning tunneling microscopy
Surfaces and surface tension
Roughening
Equilibrium crystal shapes
Crystal growth
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Problems
Classical and quantum waves
Lattice vibrations and phonons
Spin waves and magnons
Neutron scattering
M�ssbauer effect
Two dimensions
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Problems
The non-interacting electron model
Sommerfeld model
Thermally excited states and heat capacity
Band theory
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Problems
Dynamics of non-interacting electrons
Drude model
Transport in Sommerfeld theory
Semiclassical theory of transport
Scattering and the Boltzmann equation
Donors and acceptors in semiconductors
Excitons
Semiconductor devices
Large magnetic fields
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Problems
Dielectric and optical properties
Dielectric functions
The fluctuation-dissipation theorem
Self-consistent response
The RPA dielectric function
Optical properties of crystals
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Problems
Electron interactions
Fermi liquid theory
Many-electron atoms
Metals in the Hartree-Fock approximation
Correlation energy of jellium
Inhomogeneous electron systems
Electrons and phonons
Strong interactions and magnetism in metals
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Problems
Superfluidity and superconductivity
Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity
Helium-3
Superconductivity
Microscopic theory
Ginsburg-Landau theory
Josephson effect
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Problems
References
Index
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