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1、AQuantumApproachtoCondensedMatterPhysicsThistextbookisareader-friendlyintroductiontothetheoryunderlyingthemanyfascinatingpropertiesofsolids.Assumingonlyanelementaryknowledgeofquantummechanics,itdescribesthemethodsbywhichonecanperformcalculationsandmakepredictionsofsomeofthemanycompl
2、exphenomenathatoccurinsolidsandquantumliquids.Theemphasisisonreachingimportantresultsbydirectandintuitivemethods,andavoidingunnecessarymathematicalcomplexity.Theauthorsleadthereaderfromanintroductiontoquasiparticlesandcollectiveexcitationsthroughtothemoreadvancedconceptsofskyrmionsa
3、ndcompositefermions.Thetopicscoveredincludeelectrons,phonons,andtheirinteractions,densityfunctionaltheory,superconductivity,transporttheory,mesoscopicphysics,theKondoeffectandheavyfermions,andthequantumHalleffect.Designedasaself-containedtextthatstartsatanelementarylevelandproceedstom
4、oreadvancedtopics,thisbookisaimedprimarilyatadvancedundergraduateandgraduatestudentsinphysics,materialsscience,andelectricalengineering.Problemsetsareincludedattheendofeachchapter,withsolutionsavailabletolecturersontheinternet.Thecoverageofsomeofthemostrecentdevelopmentsincondensedm
5、atterphysicswillalsoappealtoexperiencedscientistsinindustryandacademiaworkingontheelectricalpropertiesofmaterials.‘‘...recommendedforreadingbecauseoftheclarityandsimplicityofpresentation''PraiseinAmericanScientistforPhilipTaylor'sAQuantumApproachtotheSolidState(1970),onwhichthisnewb
6、ookisbased.philiptaylorreceivedhisPh.D.intheoreticalphysicsfromtheUniversityofCambridgein1963andsubsequentlymovedtotheUnitedStates,wherehejoinedCaseWesternReserveUniversityinCleveland,Ohio.Asidefromperiodsspentasavisitingprofessorinvariousinstitutionsworldwide,hehasremainedatCWRU,an
7、din1988wasnamedthePerkinsProfessorofPhysics.ProfessorTaylorhaspublishedover200researchpapersonthetheoreticalphysicsofcondensedmatterandistheauthorofAQuantumApproachtotheSolidState(1970).olleheinonenreceivedhisdoctoratefromCaseWesternReserveUniversityin1985andspentthefollowingtwoyear
8、sworkingwithWalterK