In this upper-level text, Professor Tanner introduces the reader to the behavior of electrons in solids, starting with the simplest possible model. Unlike other solid state physics texts, this book does not begin with complex crystallography, but instead builds up from the simplest possible model of a free electron in a box and introduces higher levels of complexity only when the simple model is inadequate. The approach is to introduce the subject through its historical development, and to show how quantum mechanics is necessary for an understanding of the properties of electrons in solids. The author also includes an examination of the consequences of collective behavior in the phenomena of magnetism and superconductivity. Examples and problems are included for practice.
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I was a math major as an undergraduate but found myself doing experimental solid state physics in graduate school. I had never had an undergraduate course in solid state and needed something that would allow me to catch up quickly, so I got this book. It is very thin and very accessible. You can read the whole thing and do all the problems in your spare time over the course of a few weeks. Less, if you put your mind to it. The standard textbook for solid state physics, Ashcroft and Mermin, is, in my opinion, a little too long for an introduction if you've never been exposed to the subject before. I'm also not fond of Kittel's undergraduate solid state book. Tanner's is just right. Read this one, then use Ashcroft and Mermin for a reference.
I graduated in 1997 and am teaching now. I recommend Tanner's book to my students, both graduate and undergraduate.
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In practical terms, the enormous range of values of resistivity of solids is something which we take for granted. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
topmost filled level, electronic specific heat capacity, empty lattice approximation, narrow band model, wide band model, independent electron approximation, free electron model, free electron approximation, free electron theory, sublattice magnetizations, dipole layer, free electron concentration, crystal potential, vacant states, conduction electrons, tetrahedral bonding, conduction band, donor states, atomic moments, impurity states, current carriers, paramagnetic susceptibility, external flux Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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topmost filled level, electronic specific heat capacity, empty lattice approximation, narrow band model, wide band model, independent electron approximation, free electron model, free electron approximation, free electron theory, sublattice magnetizations, dipole layer, free electron concentration, crystal potential, vacant states, conduction electrons, tetrahedral bonding, conduction band, donor states, atomic moments, impurity states, current carriers, paramagnetic susceptibility, external flux Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bragg's Law, Heisenberg Hamiltonian, Combining Equations, Curie's Law New!
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- The Magnetic Properties of Solids (The Structures and Properties of Solids, 6) by John Crangle on page 205
- Introduction to the Electronic Properties of Materials, 2nd Edition by David C. Jiles on page 41, page 59, and page 81
- Handbook of Optoelectronics (Two-Volume Set) by J. Dakin on page 44
- Impedance Spectroscopy: Theory, Experiment, and Applications by Evgenij Barsoukov in Back Matter
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