Title Details: | |
Problems in condensed matter physics |
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Authors: |
Giannopapas, Vasileios |
Reviewer: |
Papanikolaou, Nikolaos |
Subject: | NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES > STRUCTURE OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES > LATTICE DYNAMICS NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES > EQUATIONS OF STATE, PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND PHASE TRANSITIONS NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES > SURFACES AND INTERFACES, THIN FILMS, NANOSTRUCTURES AND NANOSYSTEMS NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES > OPTICAL PROPERTIES, SPECTROSCOPY, INTERACTIONS OF RADIATION/PARTICLES WITH CONDENSED MATTER |
Keywords: |
Crystal structure
Crystal diffraction Lattice dynamics Thermal properties of solids Semiconductors Free electron model Energy band structure of electrons |
Description: | |
Abstract: |
This book is intended for undergraduate students studying in physics departments/schools and contains solved problems in condensed matter physics (CMP). It is perhaps the first book to solve problems in CMM, while serving as a supplement to a main textbook that traditionally contains the relevant theory along with, for the most part, unsolved exercises (if it contains exercises at all). Due to the complexity of problems in CMP, many of the problems cannot be solved analytically and therefore require numerical analysis methods. A typical example is the determination of energy bands in a one-dimensional solid described by the Kronig-Penney model —perhaps the simplest crystalline solid imaginable—which requires the numerical solution of nonlinear (transcendental) equations (see relevant excerpt from indicative chapter). Thus, this book also contains problems that can only be solved using numerical methods, where the corresponding algorithms are presented - source codes in FORTRAN 90, which is the predominant programming language in the natural sciences. The problems solved refer to the syllabus corresponding to an introductory course in physics, which, in brief, covers the topics of chemical bonding in solids, crystal structure and diffraction, lattice dynamics (phonons), thermal properties, the free electron model, electron energy bands, and semiconductors.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Demesticha, Aikaterini |
Technical Editors: |
Loukeri, Sofia |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-960-603-350-6 |
License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-857 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/1314 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Giannopapas, V. (2015). Problems in condensed matter physics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-857 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Bonds between the structural units in solids 2. Crystal structure 3. Crystal diffraction 4. Lattice dynamics – Phonons 5. Thermal properties 6. Free electrons in solids 7. Electronic structure and energy bands 8. Semiconductors |
Number of pages |
181 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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