Introduction to Solid-State Theory

By Otfried Madelung

Book Overview

Introduction to Solid-State Theory is a textbook for graduate students of physics and materials science. It also provides the theoretical background needed by physicists doing research in pure solid-state physics and its applications to electrical engineering. The fundamentals of solid-state theory are based on a description by delocalized and localized states and - within the concept of delocalized states - by elementary excitations. The development of solid-state theory within the last ten years has shown that by a systematic introduction of these concepts, large parts of the theory can be described in a unified way. This form of description gives a "pictorial" formulation of many elementary processes in solids, which facilitates their understanding.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 354060443X
• ISBN13: 9783540604433
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 491 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"