Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics

by Sidebottom, David L.

• ISBN13: 9781107017108
• ISBN10: 1107017106
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-27
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Structure

Crystal structure

Amorphous structure

Bonds and cohesion

Magnetic structure

Scattering

Scattering theory

Scattering by crystals

Scattering by amorphous matter

Self-similar structures and liquid crystals

Dynamics

Liquid dynamics

Crystal vibrations

Thermal properties

Electrons: the free electron model

Electrons: band theory

Bulk dynamics and response

Transitions

Introduction to phase transitions

Percolation theory

Mean field theory and renormalization

Superconductivity

Appendices

Index

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