Fundamentals of the Theory of Metals

by A. A. Abrikosov

Overview

This comprehensive primer by a Nobel Physicist covers the electronic spectra of metals, electrical and thermal conductivities, galvanomagnetic and thermoelectrical phenomena, the behavior of metals in high-frequency fields, sound absorption, and Fermi-liquid phenomena. Addressing in detail all aspects of the energy spectra of electrons in metals and the theory of superconductivity, it continues to be a valuable resource for the field almost thirty years after its initial publication.
Targeted at undergraduate students majoring in physics as well as graduate and postgraduate students, research workers, and teachers, this is an essential reference on the topic of electromagnetism and superconductivity in metals. No special knowledge of metals beyond a course in general physics is needed, although the author does presume a knowledge of quantum mechanics and quantum statistics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486819013
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	10/18/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Russian-born theoretical physicist Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov received the 2003 Nobel Prize for his contributions to condensed matter physics. He earned his Ph.D. on the theory of thermal diffusion in plasmas at the Institute for Physical Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1951, and four years later received a higher doctorate degree with a thesis on quantum electrodynamics at high energies. In 1966 he was awarded the Lenin Prize, and upon coming to the United States in 1991, he worked as a Distinguished Scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory.

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I. Normal Metals
1. An Electron in a Periodic Crystal Lattice
2. The Electron Fermi Liquid
3. Electrical and Thermal Conductivity
4. Scatttering Processes
5. Galvanomagnetic Properties of Metals
6. Thermoelectric and Thermomagnetic Phenomena
7. Metals in a High-Frequency Electromagnetic Field. Cyclotron Resonance
8. Size Effects
9. Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in the Presence of a Magnetic Field
10. Magnetic Susceptibility and the de Haas-van Alphen Effect
11. Quantum Effects in Conductivity
12. Absorption of Sound in Metals
13. Fermi-Liquid Effects
14. Methods for Calculating Electronic Spectra of Metals
Part II. Superconducting Metals
15. Macroscopic Theory of Superconductivity
16. Basic Ideas of the Microscopic Theory
17. The Ginzburg-Landau Theory
18. Type II Superconductivity
19. Kinetics of Superconductors
20. The Interface between a Superconductor and a Normal Metal
21. Superconductivity and magnetism
22. Tunnel junctions. The Josephine effect
Appendix I. The Ferromagnetic Metal Model
Appendix II. Second-Order Phase Transitions
Appendix III. Thermodynamics in a Magnetic Field
References
Suggested Reading
Author Index
Subject Index