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Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics
An Introduction for Students of Physics and Materials Science
Brings together traditional solid state physics and contemporary condensed matter physics, providing an up-to-date, concise introduction for undergraduate students.
David L. Sidebottom (Author)
9781107017108, Cambridge University Press
Hardback, published 5 July 2012
418 pages, 229 b/w illus. 10 tables 95 exercises
25.3 x 19.2 x 2.1 cm, 1.07 kg
'I was instantly attracted to this book … [it] has a lot to commend it.' Moreton Moore, Crystallography Reviews
This undergraduate textbook merges traditional solid state physics with contemporary condensed matter physics, providing an up-to-date introduction to the major concepts that form the foundations of condensed materials. The main foundational principles are emphasized, providing students with the knowledge beginners in the field should understand. The book is structured in four parts and allows students to appreciate how the concepts in this broad area build upon each other to produce a cohesive whole as they work through the chapters. Illustrations work closely with the text to convey concepts and ideas visually, enhancing student understanding of difficult material, and end-of-chapter exercises varying in difficulty allow students to put into practice the theory they have covered in each chapter and reinforce new concepts.
Part I. Structure: 1. Crystal structure
2. Amorphous structure
3. Bonds and cohesion
4. Magnetic structure
Part II. Scattering: 5. Scattering theory
6. Scattering by crystals
7. Scattering by amorphous matter
8. Self-similar structures and liquid crystals
Part III. Dynamics: 9. Liquid dynamics
10. Crystal vibrations
11. Thermal properties
12. Electrons: the free electron model
13. Electrons: band theory
14. Bulk dynamics and response
Part IV. Transitions: 15. Introduction to phase transitions
16. Percolation theory
17. Mean field theory and renormalization
18. Superconductivity
Appendices
Index.
