Introduction to Solid State Physics / Edition 8

by Charles Kittel

Overview

New edition of the most widely-used textbook on solid state physics in the world. Describes how the excitations and imperfections of actual solids can be understood with simple models that have firmly established scope and power. The foundation of this book is based on experiment, application and theory. Several significant advances in the field have been added including high temperature superconductors, quasicrystals, nanostructures, superlattices, Bloch/Wannier levels, Zener tunneling, light-emitting diodes and new magnetic materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900471415267
Publication date:	11/11/2004
Pages:	704
Product dimensions:	7.74(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.21(d)

About the Author

Charles Kittel did his undergraduate work in physics at M.I.T and at the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He worked in the solid state group at Bell Laboratories, along with Bardeen and Shockley, leaving to start the theoretical solid state physics group at Berkeley in 1951. His research has been largely in magnetism and in semiconductors. In magnetism he developed the theories of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic resonance and the theory of single ferromagnetic domains, and extended the Bloch theory of magnons. In semiconductor physics he participated in the first cyclotron and plasma resonance experiments and extended the results to the theory of impurity states and to electron-hole drops.

He has been awarded three Guggenheim fellowships, the Oliver Buckley Prize for Solid State Physics, and, for contributions to teaching, the Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers, He is a member of the National Academy of Science and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Table of Contents

Crystal Structure.
Reciprocal Lattice.
Crystal Binding and Elastic Constants.
Phonons I: Crystal Vibrations.
Phonons II: Thermal Properties.
Free Electron Fermi Gas.
Energy Bands.
Semiconductor Crystals.
Fermi Surfaces and Metals.
Plasmons, Polaritons, and Polarons.
Optical Processes and Excitons.
Superconductivity.
Dielectrics and Ferroelectrics.
Diamagnetism and Paramagnetism.
Ferromagnetism and Antiferromagnetism.
Magnetic Resonance.
Noncrystalline Solids.
Point Defects.
Surface and Interface Physics.
Dislocations.
Alloys.
Appendices.
Subject Index.
Table of SI Prefixes.

Editorial Reviews

An introductory text on solid state physics for seniors and beginning graduate students in physical science and engineering, covering topics which include crystal structure and binding, phonons, fermi surfaces and metals, superconductivity, magnetic resonance, and surface and interface physics. Appendices explain numerous calculations and equations. This seventh edition contains treatment of fiber optics and new magnetic materials, and displays the results of scanning tunneling microscopy. Includes b&w illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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