Condensed Matter Physics (Wiley-Interscience) - Hardcover

Marder, Michael P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471177792 ISBN 13: 9780471177791

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2000

Synopsis

A modern, unified treatment of condensed matter physics

This new work presents for the first time in decades a sweeping review of the whole field of condensed matter physics. It consolidates new and classic topics from disparate sources, teaching "not only about the effective masses of electrons in semiconductor crystals and band theory, but also about quasicrystals, dynamics of phase separation, why rubber is more floppy than steel, electron interference in nanometer–sized channels, and the quantum Hall effect."

Six major areas are covered–––atomic structure, electronic structure, mechanical properties, electron transport, optical properties, and magnetism. But rather than defining the field in terms of particular materials, the author focuses on the way condensed matter physicists approach physical problems, combining phenomenology and microscopic arguments with information from experiments. For graduate students and professionals, researchers and engineers, applied mathematicians and materials scientists, Condensed Matter Physics provides:
∗ An exciting collection of new topics from the past two decades.
∗ A thorough treatment of classic topics, including band theory, transport theory, and semiconductor physics.
∗ Over 300 figures, incorporating many images from experiments.
∗ Frequent comparison of theory and experiment, both when they agree and when problems are still unsolved.
∗ More than 50 tables of data and a detailed index.
∗ Ample end–of–chapter problems, including computational exercises.
∗ Over 1000 references, both recent and historically significant.

An Instructor′s Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

About this title

About the Author

MICHAEL P. MARDER, PhD, is Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the internationally known Center for Nonlinear Dynamics.

From the Back Cover

A modern, unified treatment of condensed matter physics

This new work presents for the first time in decades a sweeping review of the whole field of condensed matter physics. It consolidates new and classic topics from disparate sources, teaching "not only about the effective masses of electrons in semiconductor crystals and band theory, but also about quasicrystals, dynamics of phase separation, why rubber is more floppy than steel, electron interference in nanometer–sized channels, and the quantum Hall effect."

Six major subjects are covered–atomic structure, electronic structure, mechanical properties, electron transport, optical properties, and magnetism. But rather than defining the field in terms of particular materials, the author focuses on the way condensed matter physicists approach physical problems, combining phenomenology and microscopic arguments with information from experiments. For graduate students and professionals, researchers and engineers, applied mathematicians and materials scientists, Condensed Matter Physics provides:
∗ An exciting collection of new topics from the past two decades
∗ A thorough treatment of classic topics, including band theory, transport theory, and semiconductor physics
∗ Over 300 figures, incorporating many images from experiments
∗ Frequent comparison of theory and experiment, both when they agree and when problems are still unsolved
∗ More than 50 data tables and a detailed index
∗ Ample end–of–chapter problems, including computational exercises
∗ Over 1,000 references, both recent and historically significant

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471177792
• ISBN 13: 9780471177791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 928