Lectures on solid state physics /

Lectures on Solid State Physics is a compilation of lectures concerned with various branches of solid state physics. It aims to develop basic physical ideas that lead to a better understanding of phenomena and effects. Comprised of 11 chapters, this book discusses several topics on solid state physi...

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Main Authors: Busch, Georg, 1908-
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Schade, Horst, 1932-
Published: Pergamon Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford ; New York :
Publication Dates: 1976.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
German
Series: International series in natural philosophy ; v. 79
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080168944
Summary: Lectures on Solid State Physics is a compilation of lectures concerned with various branches of solid state physics. It aims to develop basic physical ideas that lead to a better understanding of phenomena and effects. Comprised of 11 chapters, this book discusses several topics on solid state physics: structure of solids; interference effects in crystals; lattice dynamics; perfect and imperfect crystals; electrons and electron theory of metals; semiconductors; electrical contact effects; transport phenomena, and magnetism. Students, physics graduates, electrical engineers, chemists, and met.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 538 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483157535
1483157539
Index Number: QC176
CLC: O48
Contents: Front Cover; Lectures on Solid State Physics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Tables; Introduction; Preface; Preface to the English Edition; Chapter A. Characteristic Features of the Structure of Solids; References; Chapter B. Interference Effects in Crystals; I. Geometrical Properties of Perfect Crystals; II. X-ray Diffraction by Crystals; III. Brillouin Zones; References; Chapter C. Lattice Dynamics; I. Thermodynamic Fundamentals; II. The Internal Energy; References; Chapter D. Imperfections; I. Structural Imperfections; II. Chemical Imperfections; References.
Chapter E. Foundations of the Electron Theory of MetalsI. Properties of Metals; II. Free-electron Model; III. Sommerfeld's Theory; References; Chapter F. Electrons in a Periodic Potential; I. Assumptions of the Single-electron Approximation; II. Bloch Waves; III. Eigenvalues and Energy Bands; IV. Special Cases of Potentials; V. Summary; VI. Motion of an Electron in the Periodic Potential; VII. Ensemble of Electrons; VIII. Principles and Methods of Band Structure Analysis; References; Chapter G. Semiconductors; I. Holes; II. Intrinsic Semiconductors; III. Impurity Semiconductors.