Description ``Fundamentals of the Theory of Metals'' has grown out of courses and lectures given by the author over a period of years. Part I is
devoted to normal metals and is basically a thoroughly revised version of the author's book ``An Introduction to the Theory of Normal
Metals'', originally published in Russian in 1972. It covers the electronic spectra of metals, electrical and thermal conductivities,
galvanomagnetic and thermoelectrical phenomena, the behaviour of metals in high-frequency fields, sound absorption and Fermi-liquid phenomena.
Part I also deals with the present-day concept of the energy spectra of electrons in metals and with methods that make it possible to
study the behaviour of metals in dc and ac fields.
Part II is concerned with the theory of superconductivity and offers a detailed
description of two fundamental methods: the microscopic theory based on the Bogoliubov method and the Ginzburg-Landau theory, which allows
the description of the behaviour of superconductors close to the critical temperature.
``Fundamentals of the Theory of Metals'' is
intended for undergraduate students majoring in physics and also for graduate and postgraduate students, research workers and teachers.
The presentation presumes a knowledge of quantum mechanics and quantum statistics, but no special knowledge of metals that goes beyond
the course of general physics is needed.
Contents Preface.
Part I. Normal Metals. 1. An electron in a periodic crystal lattice. 2. The electron Fermi liquid. 3. Electrical and thermal
conductivity. 4. Scattering processes. 5. Galvanomagnetic properties of metals. 6. Thermoelectric and thermomagnetic phenomena. 7. Metals
in a high-frequency electromagnetic field. Cyclotron resonance. 8. Size effects. 9. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the presence
of a magnetic field. 10. Magnetic susceptibility and the de Haas-van Alphen effect. 11. Quantum effects in conductivity. 12. Absorption
of sound in metals. 13. Fermi-liquid effects. 14. Methods of calculating the electronic spectra of metals.
Part II. Superconducting
Metals. 15. Macroscopic theory of superconductivity. 16. Basic ideas of the BCS theory. 17. The Ginzburg-Landau theory. 18. Type
II superconductivity. 19. Kinetics of superconductors. 20. The superconductor-normal metal interface. 21. Superconductivity and magnetism.
22. Tunnel junctions. The Josephson effect. Appendices. References. Suggested reading. Author index. Subject index.
Bibliographic & ordering Information Hardbound, xx + 630 pages, publication date: NOV-1988
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-87094-0
ISBN-10: 0-444-87094-6
Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND Price:Order form USD 200 GBP 105.50 EUR 158
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