Introduction to Solid State Physics by University of Nebrask
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Introduction to Solid State Physics by University of Nebrask
Introduction to Solid State Physics by University of Nebrask
This note explains the following topics: Crystal Structure, X-Ray
Diffraction and Reciprocal Lattice, Crystal Binding, Elastic Properties ,
Lattice Vibrations, Thermal Properties, Free-Electron Model,Electron Transport,
Energy Bands, Electron Dynamics and Fermi Surfaces, Methods for Calculating Band
Structure, Semiconductors, Optical Properties of Solids, Dielectric Properties
of Insulators, Magnetic Properties.
This note
covers Second quantization, Electrons and phonons, Greens
functions and feynman diagrams, Dielectric function and linear response and
Superconductivity.
This note covers Bravais lattice or how to pack a crystal, Symmetry as the guiding principle,
Systematics of crystals symmetry groups, Unpacking the crystal structure, Spaces
of crystallography, Structure factor, Bonding in crystals, Mechanical
properties, Dielectric properties, Phonons and sound, Phonons and light and
phonons and the reciprocal lattice.
Solid state physics is one of the most
active and versatile branches of modern physics that have developed in the wake
of the discovery of quantum mechanics. It deals with problems concerning the
properties of materials and, more generally, systems with many degrees of
freedom, ranging from fundamental questions to technological applications. The
topics explained in this pdf include:Introduction, Electrons in the periodic
crystal - band structure, Metals, Itinerant electrons in a magnetic field,
Landau’s Theory of Fermi Liquids, Transport properties of metals, Magnetism in
metals, Magnetism of localized moments.
This note covers the following topics: Elasticity, fluctuations and
thermodynamics of crystals, thermodynamics of phonons, Hohenberg-Mermin-Wagner
theorem, Ginzburg-Landau theory and Landau's quantum hydrodynamics, Bosonic
matter, Magnetism in charge insulators, Jordan-Wigner transformation and XXZ
chain, Coherent-spin states and Berry phases, Electron liquid, Fermi gas
thermodynamics, Pauli magnetism, Stoner ferromagnetism.
This note explains the
following topics: Crystal structure, X-ray crystallography, Electrons in
crystals, Electrons in a periodic potential, Semiclassical dynamics of Bloch
electrons, Free-electron bands and crystal structure, Cyclotron resonance,
Magnetism, Electrons in a magnetic field, Magnetism of a gas of free electrons,
Ordered magnetic states, Ferromagnetic groundstate and excitations .
This note explains the following topics: Crystal
structure, Wave diffraction and the reciprocal lattice, Crystal binding and
elastic constants, Phonons, Free-electron Fermi gas, Energy bands, Fermi surface
and metals, Semiconductor crystals, Superconductivity, Diamagnetism and
paramagnetism, Ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, Magnetic resonance,
Plasmons, polaritons and polarons, Optical processes and excitons, Dielectrics
and ferroelectrics.
This
note explains the following topics: The solid as quantum system, The homogeneous
electron gas, Lattices and crystals, Electrons in a periodic potential, Lattice
dynamics, Electron Dynamics, Magnetism, Superconductivity, Theory of scattering
from crystals.
This book
covers the following topics: Fundamental Relations for Optical Phenomena, Drude
Theory–Free Carrier Contribution to the Optical Properties, Interband
Transitions, The Joint Density of States and Critical Points, Absorption of
Light in Solids, Optical Properties of Solids Over a Wide Frequency Range,
Impurities and Excitons, Luminescence and Photoconductivity, Optical Study of
Lattice Vibrations, Amorphous Semiconductors.
This note covers the following topics:Condensed Matter Systems,
Basic Notions of Condensed Matter, Quantum Hamiltonian of Condensed Matter
Physics, Pauli Exclusion Principle for Atoms, Energy Bands and Rigid Band
Filling, Electron-Electron Interactions in Metals , Broken Symmetry States of
Metals and Soft Condensed Matter Phases.
This
note covers the following topics: Crystal Structure, Classifying lattices,
Diffraction and the reciprocal lattice, Scattering of a plane wave by a
crystal, Bragg’s Law, X-Ray Diffraction, Lattice Dynamics, Metals,
Semiconductors.