Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics (Hardcover)

Description

Based on an established course and covering the fundamentals, central areas and contemporary topics of this diverse field, Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics is a much-needed textbook for graduate students. The book begins with an introduction to the modern conceptual models of a solid from the points of view of interacting atoms and elementary excitations. It then provides students with a thorough grounding in electronic structure and many-body interactions as a starting point to understand many properties of condensed matter systems - electronic, structural, vibrational, thermal, optical, transport, magnetic and superconducting - and methods to calculate them. Taking readers through the concepts and techniques, the text gives both theoretically and experimentally inclined students the knowledge needed for research and teaching careers in this field. It features 246 illustrations, 9 tables and 100 homework problems, as well as numerous worked examples, for students to test their understanding.

-A much-needed textbook for graduate students, covering all the fundamentals and central areas as well as contemporary topics
-Features 246 illustrations, 9 tables and 100 homework problems for students to test their understanding
-Takes readers through the concepts and techniques to give them a strong understanding

Table of Contents

Part I. Basic Concepts: Electrons and Phonons:
1. Concept of a solid: qualitative introduction and overview
2. Electrons in crystals
3. Electronic energy bands
4. Lattice vibrations and phonons
Part II. Electron Intercations, Dynamics and Responses:
5. Electron dynamics in crystals
6. Many-electron interactions: the interacting electron gas and beyond
7. Density functional theory
8. The dielectric function for solids
Part III. Optical and Transport Phenomena:
9. Electronic transitions and optical properties of solids
10. Electron-phonon interactions
11. Dynamics of crystal electrons in a magnetic field
12. Fundamentals of transport phenomena in solids
Part IV. Superconductivity, Magnetism, and Lower Dimensional Systems:
13. Using many-body techniques
14. Superconductivity
15. Magnetism
16. Reduced-dimensional systems and nanostructures
Index.

描述

基於一門已建立的課程，並涵蓋這個多元領域的基礎知識、核心領域和當代議題，《凝聚態物理基礎》是研究生所需的教科書。本書首先從相互作用原子和基本激發的角度介紹了現代固體的概念模型。然後，它為學生提供了電子結構和多體相互作用的全面基礎，作為理解凝聚態系統的許多性質（電子、結構、振動、熱、光學、傳輸、磁性和超導）和計算方法的起點。通過概念和技術，本書為理論和實驗導向的學生提供了在這一領域進行研究和教學職業所需的知識。它包含246幅插圖、9個表格和100個作業問題，以及許多實例，供學生測試他們的理解能力。

- 一本研究生所需的教科書，涵蓋所有基礎知識、核心領域和當代議題
- 包含246幅插圖、9個表格和100個作業問題，供學生測試他們的理解能力
- 通過概念和技術，為讀者提供堅實的理解能力

目錄

第一部分 基本概念：電子和聲子：
1. 固體的概念：定性介紹和概述
2. 晶體中的電子
3. 電子能帶
4. 晶格振動和聲子
第二部分 電子相互作用、動力學和響應：
5. 晶體中的電子動力學
6. 多電子相互作用：相互作用電子氣體及其延伸
7. 密度泛函理論
8. 固體的介電函數
第三部分 光學和傳輸現象：
9. 固體的電子跃迁和光學性質
10. 電子-聲子相互作用
11. 磁場中晶體電子的動力學
12. 固體傳輸現象的基礎
第四部分 超導、磁性和低維系統：
13. 使用多體技術
14. 超導
15. 磁性
16. 降維系統和納米結構
索引。