kaxiras,atomic and electronic structure of solids

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1、AtomicandElectronicStructureofSolidsThistextisamoderntreatmentofthetheoryofsolids.Thecoreofthebookdealswiththephysicsofelectronandphononstatesincrystalsandhowtheydeterminethestructureandpropertiesofthesolid.Thediscussionusesthesingle-electronpictureasastartingpointandcove

2、rselec-tronicandopticalphenomena,magnetismandsuperconductivity.Thereisalsoanextensivetreatmentofdefectsinsolids,includingpointdefects,dislocations,sur-facesandinterfaces.Anumberofmoderntopicswherethetheoryofsolidsappliesarealsoexplored,includingquasicrystals,amorphoussoli

3、ds,polymers,metalandsemiconductorclusters,carbonnanotubesandbiologicalmacromolecules.Numerousexamplesarepresentedindetailandeachchapterisaccompaniedbyproblemsandsuggestedfurtherreadings.Anextensivesetofappendicesprovidesthenecessarybackgroundforderivingalltheresultsdiscus

4、sedinthemainbodyofthetext.Theleveloftheoreticaltreatmentisappropriateforfirst-yeargraduatestudentsofphysics,chemistryandmaterialsscienceandengineering,butthebookwillalsoserveasareferenceforscientistsandresearchersinthesefields.EfthimiosKaxirasreceivedhisPhDintheoreticalphys

5、icsattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,andworkedasaPostdoctoralFellowattheIBMT.J.WatsonResearchLaboratoryinYorktownHeights.HejoinedHarvardUniversityin1991,whereheiscurrentlyaProfessorofPhysicsandtheGordonMcKayProfessorofAppliedPhysics.Hehasworkedontheoreticalmodelingo

6、fthepropertiesofsolids,includingtheirsurfacesanddefects;hehaspublishedextensivelyinref-ereedjournals,aswellasseveralinvitedreviewarticlesandbookchapters.Hehasco-organizedanumberofscientificmeetingsandco-editedthreevolumesofconferenceproceedings.HeisamemberoftheAmericanPhys

7、icalSociety,theAmericanChemicalSociety,theMaterialsResearchSociety,SigmaXi-ScientificResearchSociety,andaCharteredMemberoftheInstituteofPhysics(London).AtomicandElectronicStructureofSolidsEfthimiosKaxirasCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,S

8、ingapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UnitedKingdomPubli