Quantum Theory of the Solid State, Second Edition

This new edition presents a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of the concepts and methods in contemporary condensed matter physics, emphasizing topics that can be treated by quantum mechanical methods. The book features tutorial discussions of a number of current research topics. Also included are updated treatments of topics that have developed significantly within the past several years, such as superconductivity, magnetic impurities in metals, methods for electronic structure calculations, magnetic ordering in insulators and metals, and linear response theory. Advanced level graduate students and practicing condensed matter physicists will use the second edition of Quantum Theory of the Solid State as an important source of information. n Renormalization group theory n Integer and fractional quantum Hall effect n Transport in mesoscopic systems, and n Numerical methods in many-body theory Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v Preface to the Second Edition , Page xi Preface to the First Edition , Pages xiii-xiv CHAPTER 1 - Electronic Structure , Pages 1-126 CHAPTER 2 - Lattice Dynamics , Pages 127-196 CHAPTER 3 - Symmetry and Its Consequences , Pages 197-262 CHAPTER 4 - Phenomenological Theories of Magnetic Order , Pages 263-375 CHAPTER 5 - Impurities and Alloys , Pages 377-480 CHAPTER 6 - External Fields , Pages 481-610 CHAPTER 7 - Electrons, Phonons, and Transport , Pages 611-760 CHAPTER 8 - Aspects of the Electron–Electron Interaction , Pages 761-919 APPENDIX A - Summation Relations , Pages 921-923 APPENDIX B - Quantization of the Free Electromagnetic Field , Pages 925-927 APPENDIX C - Character Tables and Compatibility Tables , Pages 929-934 APPENDIX D - Second Quantization for a System of Fermions , Pages 935-939 INDEX , Pages 941-954 A second edition of this work which offers a survey of current concepts and methods in contemporary condensed matter physics, which highlights topics treatable by quantum mechanical methods. Some subjects addressed are renormalization group theory, Hall effect, and transport in mesoscopic systems.