Giuseppe Grosso, Department of Physics, University of Pisa and NEST, Institute of Nanoscience-CNR, Pisa, Italy, Giuseppe Pastori Parravicini, Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Italy
Second edition
xiv, 857 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Electrons in one-dimensional periodic potentials -- Geometrical description of crystals: direct and reciprocal lattices -- The Sommerfeld free-electron theory of metals -- The one-electron approximation and beyond -- Band theory of crystals -- Electronic properties of selected crystals -- Excitons, plasmons, and dielectric screening in crystals -- Interacting electronic-nuclear systems and the Adiabatic principle -- Lattice dynamics of crystals -- Scattering of particles by crystals -- Optical and transport properties of metals -- Optical properties of semiconductors and insulators -- Transport in intrinsic and homogeneously doped semiconductors -- Transport in inhomogeneous semiconductors -- Electron gas in magnetic fields -- Magnetic properties of localized systems and Kondo impurities --Magnetic ordering in crystals -- Superconductivity