KuTenk 2000 - SPHY253806-Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics, Volume 1

by Feng Duan and Jin Guojun 

2005 (612 pages)

ISBN:9789812387110

Profusely illustrated with more than 500 figures, this book presents an excellent, comprehensive exposition of the multi-faceted subjects of modern condensed matter physics, unified within an original and coherent conceptual framework.

Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics, Volume 1

Preface

Overview

Part I - Structure of Condensed Matter

Chapter 1

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Symmetry of Structure

Chapter 2

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Organization of the Crystalline State

Chapter 3

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Beyond the Crystalline State

Chapter 4

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Inhomogeneous Structure

Part II - Wave Behavior in Various Structures

Chapter 5

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Wave Propagation in Periodic and Quasiperiodic Structures

Chapter 6

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Dynamics of Bloch Electrons

Chapter 7

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Surface and Impurity Effects

Chapter 8

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Transport Properties

Chapter 9

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Wave Localization in Disordered Systems

Chapter 10

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Mesoscopic Quantum Transport

Part III - Bonds and Bands with Things Between and Beyond

Chapter 11

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Bond Approach

Chapter 12

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Band Approach

Chapter 13

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Correlated Electronic States

Chapter 14

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Quantum Confined Nanostructures

Part IV - Broken Symmetry and Ordered Phases

Chapter 15

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Landau Theory of Phase Transitions

Chapter 16

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Crystals, Quasicrystals and Liquid Crystals

Chapter 17

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Ferromagnets, Antiferromagnets and Ferrimagnets

Chapter 18

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Superconductors and Superfluids

Chapter 19

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Broken Ergodicity

Appendix A

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Units and Their Conversion

Appendix B

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List of Notations and Symbols