Physics of Condensed Matter

About the Book

Physics of Condensed Matter is designed for a one-year (two-semesters) graduate course on condensed matter physics for students in physics, materials science, solid state chemistry, and electrical engineering. It can also be used as a one-semester course for undergraduate majors and another one-semester course for graduate students in these areas. The book assumes a working knowledge of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, electricity and magnetism and Green’s function formalism for the second-semester curriculum. The book can also be use as a reference book by faculty and researchers. With judicious choice of topics, the book can be divided into two parts: “Fundamental Concepts” designed to be taught in the first semester, and “Research Applications” to be taught in the second semester.

The later chapters are self contained. Each research topic has a brief introduction, a review, and a summary of basic foundations for advanced research. This is done with the belief that the students will develop the skills and will be sufficiently prepared to develop an interest in one of the vast areas of the topics covered under the umbrella of “condensed matter physics”.

About the Author

Prasanta Kumar Misra

• Received his Ph.D. in Physics from Tufts University, 1967. Thesis Advisor: Professor Laura M. Roth.

• Did postdoctoral research at the University of Texas at Austin. Supervisor: Professor Leonard Kleinman.

• Has taught various topics in Physics and has done research on theoretical Condensed Matter Physics for more than 40 years. He has received many research grants and had 10-year research collaboration with Professor Joseph Callaway.

• Is the Series Editor of a 5-volume book-series “Hand Book of Metal Physics” published by Elsevier. He is the author of the book “Heavy-Fermion Systems” which is a part of the book-series.

• Joined University of Houston as Adjunct Professor of Physics on July 1, 2005.

Summary of Recent Research Developments

Summary of recent research developments

Suggested Syllabus for One-semester Undergraduate Course

Suggested Syllabus for one-semester undergraduate course

1. Chapter 1

2. Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 and 2.2.

3. Chapter 3

4. Chapter 4: Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12.1, 4.12.2

5. Chapter 5: Sections 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7

6. Chapter 6: Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.11

7. Chapter 7: Please ignore Chapter 7.

8. Chapter 8: Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.8

9. Chapter 9: Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7

10. Chapter 10: Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3.1, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.5,

11. Please ignore Chapter 11.

12. Chapter 12: Sections 12.1, 12.2, 12.3.2 (up to Eq. 12.82), Fig. 12.3

13. Chapter 13: Sections 13.1, 13.3.1, 13.3.2, 13.3.3, 13.3.4, 13.4.4, 13.5.1, 13.5.2

14. Chapter 14; Sections 14.1, 14.2, Cooper pairs (p. 466), 14.7.4, 14.9.1, 14.9.2

Contents

Table of contents

Sample Chapter

Sample Chapter

Appendix A

Appendix A: Elements of Group Theory

Appendix B

Appendix B: Mossbauer Effect

Appendix C

Appendix C: Introduction to Renormalization Group Approach

Errata

• Chapter_1-12

• Chapter_13

• Chapter_14

• Chapter_15

• Chapter_16

• Chapter_17

• Chapter_18

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