The Physics of Solids

This comprehensive text covers the basic physics of the solid state starting at an elementary level suitable for undergraduates but then advancing, in stages, to a graduate and advanced graduate level. In addition to treating the fundamental elastic, electrical, thermal, magnetic, structural, electronic, transport, optical, mechanical and compositional properties, we also discuss topics like superfluidity and superconductivity along with special topics such as strongly correlated systems, high-temperature superconductors, the quantum Hall effects, and graphene. Particular emphasis is given to so-called first principles calculations utilizing modern density functional theory which for many systems now allow accurate calculations of the electronic, magnetic, and thermal properties.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Introductory Topics 1: Elastic behavior of solids 2: Electric behavior of insulators 3: Metals and the Drude-Lorentz model 4: Elementary theories of thermal properties of solids 5: Elementary theories of magnetism 6: The non-interacting Fermi gas 7: Elementary theories of crystal bonding Part II: Crystal Structure and its Determination 8: Lattices and crystal structures 9: X-ray diffraction Part III: Electronic Structure of Periodic Solids 10: Electrons in a periodic solid 11: The nearly-free electron, OPW, pseudopotential, and tight binding methods 12: The parameterization of band structures: applications to semiconductors 13: Augmented-plane wave and Green's function methods Part IV: Electron-electron interaction 14: The self-consistent dielectric function 15: Hartree-Fock and density functional theory Part V: Lattice Dynamics 16: Harmonic lattice dynamics: classical and quantum 17: Thermal expansion, phonon-phonon interactions, and heat transport Part VI: Electron Transport and Conduction Electron Dynamics 18: Motion of electroncs and holes in external electric and magnetic fields 19: Electronic transport properties governed by static scattering centers 20: Measuring the electronic energy spectrum on and off the Fermi surface 21: The interacting system of metallic-electrons and phonons Part VII: Semiconductors 22: Homogeneous semiconductors 23: Inhomogeneous semiconductors Part VIII: Electric and Magnetic Properties of Insulators 24: Electric and magnetic susceptibilities 25: Piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, and ferroelectrcity Part IX: Magnetism 26: Ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism 27: Dynamic properties of magnetic materials 28: Magnetic resonance Part X: Optical Properties 29: Optical responses 30: Polaritons, excitons, and plasmons 31: Behavior under intense illumination: NLO, the e-h liquid and excitonic BEC Part XI: Superconductivity and Superfluidity 32: A phenomenological theory of superconductivity: the London equations 33: A phenomenological theory of superconductivity: the Ginzburg-Landau theory and the Josephson effects 34: The microscopic theory of superconductivity: Cooper pairing and the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory 35: Elementary excitations and the thermodynamic properties of superconductors 36: Superfluid 4HE 37: Landau's theory of a Fermi liquid 38: Superfluid 3HE Part XII: Disordered Materials 39: Alloys 40: Defects and diffusion in crystalline solids 41: Dislocations and grain boundaries 42: Quantum theory of electrical transport in dilute alloys 43: Electrical transport in highly-disordered media: localization/interaction effects 44: Magnetic impurities and their interactions: the Anderson model, the Kondo effect and the RKKY interaction Part XIII: Special Topics 45: Strongly correlated systems 46: High temperature superconductors 47: Artificially structures and patterned materials; surfaces and interfaces 48: The quantum Hall effects 49: Graphene, carbon nantubes and fullerenes Appendix A: The calculus of variations Appendix B: The symmetry of many-particle wave functions; the occupation number representation

About the Author :
J.B. Ketterson received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago, USA. He worked at the Argonne National laboratory from 1962 to 1974 at which time he joined the faculty of the Physics and Astronomy Department at Northwestern University, USA. Research interests have included electronic properties of metals (particularly Fermi surface measurements); superfluid 4He, normal and superfluid 3He, and 3He - 4He solutions; superconductivity, magnetism and magnetic resonance, nonlinear optics, and excitons.

Review :
`This new book is outstanding in its discussion of fundamental concepts and choice of topics, unlike many current texts, which vary from the too-specialized and advanced, to engineering texts which avoid fundamentals, and the older classics (KIttel, Ashcroft and Mermin, Raimes, Ziman, Omar) which omit modern topics. From elasticity to superconductivity, magnetism, phonons, graphene, DFT ( just the right level for upper level physics), glasses, dislocations, strong correlations, High Tc, quantum devices and multilayers, optical properties, electron transport, Hartree-Fock and band-structure methods, Ketterson gets the physics right, and uses more clearer language in setting up his equations than any text I've seen. For clarity, coverage, the minimal necessary connection with experiment, and level, this is one of the very best condensed matter texts I've come across.' John C. H. Spence ForMemRS, Physics, Arizona State University