Solid-State Physics Introduction to the Theory
Learning Solid State Physics involves a certain degree of maturity, since it involves tying together diverse concepts from many areas of physics. The objective is to understand, in a basic way, how solid materials behave. To do this one needs both a good
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James Patterson · Bernard Bailey
Solid-State Physics Introduction to the Theory
Second Edition
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Professor Emeritus, James Patterson, Ph.D. 3504 Parkview Drive Rapid City, SD 57701 USA [email protected]
Dr. Bernard Bailey, Ph.D. 310 Taylor Ave. #C17 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 USA [email protected]
Complete solutions to the exercises are accessible to qualified instructors at springer.com on this book’s product page. Instructors may click on the link additional information and register to obtain their restricted access. ISBN 978-3-642-02588-4 e-ISBN 978-3-642-02589-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-02589-1 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007, 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Coverdesign: eStudioCalamar, Girona/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
It is one thing to read science. It’s another and far more important activity to do it. Ideally, this means doing research. Before that is practical however, we must “get up to speed.” This usually involves attending lectures, doing laboratory experiments, reading the material, and working problems. Without solving problems, the material in a physics course usually doesn’t sink in and we make little progress. Solving problems can also, depending on the problems, mimic the activity of research. It has been our experience that you never really get anywhere in physics unless you solve problems on paper and in the lab. The problems in our book cover a wide range of difficulty. Some involve filling in only a few steps or doing a simple calculation. Others are more involved and a few are essentially open ended. Thus, the major change in this second edition is the inclusion of a selection of solutions in an appendix to show you what we expected you to get out of the problems. All problems should help you to think more about the material. Solutions not found in the text are available to instructors through Springer. In addition, certain corrections to the text have been made. Also very brief introductions have been added to several modern topics such as: plasmonics, photonics, phononics, graphene, negative index of refraction, nanomagnetism, qua
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