Elementary excitations in solids : lectures on protons, electrons, and plasmons

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• Full Title: Elementary excitations in solids : lectures on protons, electrons, and plasmons/ David Pines.

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Notes

• Originally published: New York : W.A. Benjamin, 1963, in series: Lecture notes and supplements in physics.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• 1. Introductory survey -- 1.1 General considerations -- 1.2 Basic Hamiltonian -- 1.3 Elementary excitations -- 1.4 The measurement of the elementary excitation spectrum -- 1.5 Scope of the book -- 2. Phonons -- 2.1 Lattice dynamics in one dimension -- 2.2 Lattice dynamics in three dimensions -- 2.3 Lattice specific heat -- 2.4 Melting criterion -- 2.5 Neutron scattering in solids -- 2.6 Phonon-phonon interactions -- 3. Electrons and plasmons -- 3.1 Sommerfeld noninteracting electron gas -- 3.2 Hartree and Hartree-Fock approximations -- 3.3 Correlation and correlation energy: An introductory survey -- 3.4 Dielectric response of an electron system -- 3.5 Properties of the electron gas in the RPA -- 3.6 Properties of the electron gas at metallic densities -- 4. Electrons, plasmons, and photons in solids -- 4.1 Introductory considerations -- 4.2 Modification of ... -- 4.3 Experimental observation of plasmons in solids: Characteristic energy-loss experiments -- 4.4 Optical properties of solids -- 4.5 Optical studies of solids -- 5. Electron-phonon interaction in metals -- 5.1 Basic Hamiltonian -- 5.2 New features associated with the electron-phonon interaction -- 5.3 General physical picture -- 5.4 Phonon frequencies and effective electron-electron interaction -- 5.5 The approach to equilibrium of a coupled electron-phonon system -- 5.6 High-temperature conductivity -- 5.7 More detailed calculations of the relaxation time -- 5.8 Low-temperature conductivity -- 5.9 Quasi-particle properties -- Appendixes: -- A. Second quantization -- B. Linear response functions: Kramers-Kronig relations -- C. The RPA calculation of the ground-state energy.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 9780429500855; 0429500858
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)1330992681

Publication Statement

• Place: Reading, Mass.
• Publisher: Advanced Book Program, Perseus Books
• Date: 1999

Physical Description

• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages :
• Illustrations: illustrations.)

Table Of Contents

• 1. Introductory survey -- 1.1 General considerations -- 1.2 Basic Hamiltonian -- 1.3 Elementary excitations -- 1.4 The measurement of the elementary excitation spectrum -- 1.5 Scope of the book -- 2. Phonons -- 2.1 Lattice dynamics in one dimension -- 2.2 Lattice dynamics in three dimensions -- 2.3 Lattice specific heat -- 2.4 Melting criterion -- 2.5 Neutron scattering in solids -- 2.6 Phonon-phonon interactions -- 3. Electrons and plasmons -- 3.1 Sommerfeld noninteracting electron gas -- 3.2 Hartree and Hartree-Fock approximations -- 3.3 Correlation and correlation energy: An introductory survey -- 3.4 Dielectric response of an electron system -- 3.5 Properties of the electron gas in the RPA -- 3.6 Properties of the electron gas at metallic densities -- 4. Electrons, plasmons, and photons in solids -- 4.1 Introductory considerations -- 4.2 Modification of ... -- 4.3 Experimental observation of plasmons in solids: Characteristic energy-loss experiments -- 4.4 Optical properties of solids -- 4.5 Optical studies of solids -- 5. Electron-phonon interaction in metals -- 5.1 Basic Hamiltonian -- 5.2 New features associated with the electron-phonon interaction -- 5.3 General physical picture -- 5.4 Phonon frequencies and effective electron-electron interaction -- 5.5 The approach to equilibrium of a coupled electron-phonon system -- 5.6 High-temperature conductivity -- 5.7 More detailed calculations of the relaxation time -- 5.8 Low-temperature conductivity -- 5.9 Quasi-particle properties -- Appendixes: -- A. Second quantization -- B. Linear response functions: Kramers-Kronig relations -- C. The RPA calculation of the ground-state energy.

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