Simulations for Solid State Physics Paperback without CD-ROM
An Interactive Resource for Students and Teachers

Robert H. Silsbee (Author), Joerg Draeger (Author)

9780521599115, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 June 1997

368 pages
23.5 x 19.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.63 kg

"...the book should be a good addition to a solid state course..." Ivan K. Schuller & David A. Rabson, Physics Today

This new and exciting interactive resource centers around fourteen high quality computer simulations covering essential topics in solid state physics. The simulations cover x-ray diffraction, phonons, electron states and dynamics, semiconductors, magnetism, and dislocations. Users can vary different characteristics and immediately see the results in animations and graphical displays. The companion book is essential for effective use of the simulations. It guides the user through hundreds of exercises and examples, illustrates fundamental physical principles, and contains notes on the relevant physics. This paperback (without CD-ROM) is intended for students who have access to the simulations on a local area network. This package provides an interactive resource for those studying solid state physics at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. It will also be of interest and value to researchers in physics, materials science, electrical engineering, chemistry and chemical engineering.

Preface
System requirements
1. How to use this book
2. 'bravais' - crystal structure and x-ray diffraction
3. 'laue' - diffraction in perfect and imperfect crystals
4. 'born' - lattice dynamics in one dimension
5. 'debye' - lattice dynamics and heat capacity
6. 'drude' - dynamics of the classical free electron gas
7. 'sommerfield' - dynamics of quantum free electrons
8. 'bloch' - electron energy bands and states
9. 'ziman' - dynamics of a single band-electron
10. 'peierls' - transport in a partially full electron band
11. 'fermi' - carrier densities in semiconductors
12. 'poisson' - band bending in semiconductors
13. 'ising' - ising model and ferromagnetism
14. 'néel - antiferromagnetism and magnetic domains
15. 'burgers' - dislocations and plastic flow
Epilogue
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC]