I Theory of Mott Transition and Correlated Metals --; Classification Scheme of the Metal-Insulator Transition and Anomalous Metals --; The Mott Transition: Results from Mean-Field Theory --; Some Aspects of Spin Gap in One- and Two-Dimensional Systems --; Quasi-Particles in Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model: Splitting of Spectral Weight --; Almost Localized Fermions and Mott-Hubbard Transitions at Non-Zero Temperature --; Anomalous Physical Properties Around Magnetic and Metal-Insulator Transitions --; A Spin-Fluctuation Theory --; Exact Diagonalization Study of Strongly Correlated Electron Models: Hole Pockets and Shadow Bands in the Doped t --; J Model --; II Electronic Structure --; Electronic Band Structures of LaMO3 (M = Ti, V, Cr ..., Ni, Cu) in the Local Spin-Density Approximation --; First-Principles Calculations of the Electronic Structure and Spectra of Strongly Correlated Systems: LDA + U Method --; Unrestricted Hartree-Fock Study of Perovskite-iype Transition-Metal Oxides --; Electronic Structure of Transition Metal Compounds --; Core-Level Spectroscopy in Early-Transition-Metal Compounds --; Systematics of Optical Gaps in Perovskite-iype 3d Transition Metal Oxides --; III Charge Transport and Excitations --; Optical Spectroscopy on the Mott Transition in Perovskiteiype Titanates --; Spectral Weight Transfer and Mass Renormalization in Correlated d-Electron Systems --; Charge Transport Properties of Strongly Correlated Metals near Charge Transfer Insulator to Metal Transition --; Infrared Studies of Kondo Insulator and Related Compounds --; IV Magnetic Response --; Magnetic Correlations in Doped Transition-Metal Oxides --; Spin and Charge Differentiation in Doped CuO2 Planes Observed by Cu NMR/NQR Spectra --; Orbital-Spin Coupling in V2O3 and Related Oxides --; Magnetic and Transport Properties of the Kondo Lattice Model with Ferromagnetic Exchange Coupling --; V New Materials --; Superconductivity, Magnetism and Metal-Insulator Transitions in Some Ternary and Pseudoternary 3d-, 4d-, and 5d-Metal Oxides --; NMR Studies of Superconductivity and Metal-Insulator Transition in Cu Spinel CuM2X4 (M = Rh, Ir and X = S, Se) --; Index of Contributors.
Spectroscopy of Mott Insulators and Correlated Metals Extensive studies of high-Tc cuprate superconductors have stimualted investigations into various transition-metal oxides. Mott transitions in particular provide fascinating problems and new concepts in condensed matter physics. This book is a collection of short overviews by well-known, active researchers in this field. It deals with the latest developments, with particular emphasis on the theoretical, spectroscopic, and transport aspects.