Solid state band theory

Author: Xie Xide
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: "Band Theory of Solids" can serve as a teaching text for physics department faculty and students in higher education institutions, as well as a reference book for graduate students and researchers in related fields. The content of the second edition of "Band Theory of Solids" was shaped by the authors through multiple revisions, deletions, and additions during nearly 20 years of graduate teaching practice. The book systematically discusses and analyzes the development of solid-state band theory over the past 70 years, based on density functional theory, and elaborates on the physical principles and typical applications of various methods for band structure calculations in solids. The solids covered include semiconductors, metals, magnetic metals, metal superconductors, as well as new materials such as semiconductor superlattices, solid surfaces and interfaces, C60 solids, high-Tc oxide superconductors, and heavy electron metals. The book also provides systematic reviews of the effective mass theory and its applications, as well as the integer and fractional quantum Hall effects.