Introduction to Solid-State Theory is a textbook for graduate students of physics and materials science. It also provides the theoretical background needed by physicists doing research in pure solid-state physics and its applications to electrical engineering. The fundamentals of solid-state theory are based on a description by delocalized and localized states and - within the concept of delocalized states - by elementary excitations. The development of solid-state theory within the last ten years has shown that by a systematic introduction of these concepts, large parts of the theory can be described in a unified way. This form of description gives a "pictorial" formulation of many elementary processes in solids, which facilitates their understanding.
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FROM THE REVIEWS: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIKALISCHE CHEMIE "…the textbook is an excellent introduction into most fields of modern solid state theory and may be recommended to…graduate students in physics and material sciences as well as researchers in the field of solid state physics.” PHYSICALIA "…the book is remarkably well articulated and its organization is crystal-clear…Because this book requires a good-knowledge of quantum mechanics and also some prior knowledge of the most important solid-state phenomena, we shall recommend it to advanced graduate students or researchers, having already been introduced to the solid-state physics. They shall find in it a systematic introduction of the concepts of solid-state theory, presented in a unified way, that is illuminating from many points of view.”
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This review is from: Introduction to Solid-State Theory (Springer Series in Solid State Sciences) (Hardcover)
Ignore the "Introduction" in the title. Madelung's book is an advanced description of condensed matter physics, circa 1978. He wastes no time over elementary quantum mechanics. To give you some idea, the Hartree-Fock approximation is quickly dealt with in the first chapter, in a mere 6 pages.
Later chapters progressively add on more interactions. Giving quasi-electrons and plasmons. Second quantisation is used to provide a simple modelling of interactions. From the electron-hole interaction in semiconductors, the phenomenon of excitons is explained. While the ion-ion interaction gives phonons. Semiconductor optics should interest some readers. The basis of solid state lasers. He describes electron-photon and phonon-photon interactions. The reader should be at the level of a 3rd or 4th year undergraduate, at least. More typically, perhaps a graduate student.
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The book by Ashcroft and Mermin provides definitely a more didactic introduction into this subject.
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Solids are composed of atoms held together by chemical bonds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
superconducting electron gas, hexagonal point lattice, polarization quanta, repeated zone scheme, noninteracting electron gas, occupation number representation, other elementary excitations, delocalized bond, relaxation time approximation, lattice ions, basis atoms, galvanomagnetic effects, acoustic branch, energy current density, disordered lattice, large polaron, phonon system, recombination centres, optical branch, point imperfections, optical vibrations, impurity band, localized states, virtual phonons, dispersion spectrum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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superconducting electron gas, hexagonal point lattice, polarization quanta, repeated zone scheme, noninteracting electron gas, occupation number representation, other elementary excitations, delocalized bond, relaxation time approximation, lattice ions, basis atoms, galvanomagnetic effects, acoustic branch, energy current density, disordered lattice, large polaron, phonon system, recombination centres, optical branch, point imperfections, optical vibrations, impurity band, localized states, virtual phonons, dispersion spectrum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Solid State Physics: Advances in Research and Applications, Vol. 32 by Henry Ehrenreich on 5 pages
- The Theory of Magnetism I: Statics and Dynamics (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences) by Daniel C. Mattis in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Metal-Insulator Transitions (Second Edition) by Nevill Mott on page 362, and Back Matter
- Phonon Dispersion Relations in Insulators (Springer series in solid-state sciences) by H. Bilz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Physics of Elementary Excitation (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences) by Sadao Nakajima in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Semiconductor Physics: An Introduction (Advanced Texts in Physics) by Karlheinz Seeger on 4 pages
- The Physics and Chemistry of Solids by Stephen Elliott on page 413, page 534, and page 646
- The Physics and Chemistry of Solids by Stephen Elliott on page 413, page 534, and page 646
- Semiconductors for Micro- and Nanotechnology: An Introduction for Engineers by Jan G. Korvink on page 92, page 141, and page 323
- Organic Superconductors (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences) by Takehiko Ishiguro in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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