The Oxford Solid State Basics 1st Edition by Steven Simon 9780199680764 0199680760
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ISBN 10: 0199680760
ISBN 13: 9780199680764
Author: Steven H. Simon
The study of solids is one of the richest, most exciting, and most successful branches of physics. While the subject of solid state physics is often viewed as dry and tedious this new book presents the topic instead as an exciting exposition of fundamental principles and great intellectual breakthroughs. Beginning with a discussion of how the study of heat capacity of solids ushered in the quantum revolution, the author presents the key ideas of the field while emphasizing the deep underlying concepts. The book begins with a discussion of the Einstein/Debye model of specific heat, and the Drude/Sommerfeld theories of electrons in solids, which can all be understood without reference to any underlying crystal structure. The failures of these theories force a more serious investigation of microscopics. Many of the key ideas about waves in solids are then introduced using one dimensional models in order to convey concepts without getting bogged down with details. Only then does the book turn to consider real materials. Chemical bonding is introduced and then atoms can be bonded together to crystal structures and reciprocal space results. Diffraction experiments, as the central application of these ideas, are discussed in great detail. From there, the connection is made to electron wave diffraction in solids and how it results in electronic band structure. The natural culmination of this thread is the triumph of semiconductor physics and devices. The final section of the book considers magnetism in order to discuss a range of deeper concepts. The failures of band theory due to electron interaction, spontaneous magnetic orders, and mean field theories are presented well. Finally, the book gives a brief exposition of the Hubbard model that undergraduates can understand. The book presents all of this material in a clear fashion, dense with explanatory or just plain entertaining footnotes. This may be the best introductory book for learning solid state physics. It is certainly the most fun to read.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1. About Condensed Matter Physics
Chapter 2. Specific Heat of Solids: Boltzmann, Einstein, and Debye
Chapter 3. Electrons in Metals: Drude Theory
Chapter 4. More Electrons in Metals: Sommerfeld (Free Electron) Theory
Chapter 5. The Periodic Table
Chapter 6. What Holds Solids Together: Chemical Bonding
Chapter 7. Types of Matter
Chapter 8. One-Dimensional Model of Compressibility, Sound, and Thermal Expansion
Chapter 9. Vibrations of a One-Dimensional Monatomic Chain
Chapter 10. Vibrations of a One-Dimensional Diatomic Chain
Chapter 11. Tight Binding Chain (Interlude and Preview)
Chapter 12. Crystal Structure
Chapter 13. Reciprocal Lattice, Brillouin Zone, Waves in Crystals
Chapter 14. Wave Scattering by Crystals
Chapter 15. Electrons in a Periodic Potential
Chapter 16. Insulator, Semiconductor, or Metal
Chapter 17. Semiconductor Physics
Chapter 18. Semiconductor Devices
Chapter 19. Magnetic Properties of Atoms: Para- and Dia-Magnetism
Chapter 20. Spontaneous Magnetic Order: Ferro-, Antiferro-, and Ferri-Magnetism
Chapter 21. Domains and Hysteresis
Chapter 22. Mean Field Theory
Chapter 23. Magnetism from Interactions: The Hubbard Model
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