Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

An advanced textbook covering important modern developments in depth rather than attempting an encyclopaedic approach.

Leonard M. Sander (Author)

9780521872904, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 19 February 2009

286 pages, 55 b/w illus. 77 exercises
25.2 x 19.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.77 kg

'An experienced researcher in several condensed matter subfields, Sander based [this] book on his lecture notes for a course he taught at the University of Michigan. … Overall, the book presents the appropriate topics for a graduate-level course in condensed matter physics.' Physics Today

This text includes coverage of important topics that are not commonly featured in other textbooks on condensed matter physics; these include surfaces, the quantum Hall effect and superfluidity. The author avoids complex formalism, such as Green's functions, which can obscure the underlying physics, and instead emphasizes fundamental physical reasoning. This text is intended for classroom use, so it features plenty of references and extensive problems for solution based on the author's many years of teaching in the Physics Department at the University of Michigan. This textbook is ideal for physics graduates as well as students in chemistry and engineering; it can equally serve as a reference for research students in condensed matter physics. Engineering students in particular, will find the treatment of the fundamentals of semiconductor devices and the optics of solids of particular interest.

Preface
1. The nature of condensed matter
2. Order and disorder
3. Crystals, scattering, and correlations
4. Surfaces and crystal growth
5. Classical and quantum waves
6. The non-interacting electron model
7. Dynamics of non-interacting electrons
8. Dielectric and optical properties
9. Electron interactions
10. Superfluidity and superconductivity
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Engineering: general [TBC], Chemistry [PN], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC]