Solid State Theory (Second Edition)

Author: Li Zhengzhong
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Features: This book systematically introduces the fundamental concepts, methods, and models of solid-state quantum theory. The book is divided into twelve chapters, with a focus on elementary excitations in solids, including: phonons, magnons (spin wave quanta), plasmons, polaritons, quasiparticles, polarons, and excitons. Dedicated chapters are also devoted to the microscopic theory of conventional superconductors, high-temperature superconductivity in cuprate oxides, and anisotropic superconductivity theories, as well as band theory methods and the local density functional theory, theoretical methods for strongly correlated electron systems and disordered systems. Additionally, the book highlights effective theoretical methods for handling many-body systems, such as Fourier transforms and Bogoliubov transformations, dual-time thermodynamic Green's functions and dielectric function methods, as well as the projection operator method and bosonization techniques for strongly correlated electron systems. The theoretical framework of dual-time Green's functions is systematically introduced in the appendix, and the book concludes with exercises. This book is systematic, thoroughly explained, and easy to self-study, making it suitable as a textbook for graduate students and senior undergraduate students in physics departments, as well as a valuable reference for researchers in condensed matter physics and related fields. Reading this book requires a foundation in solid-state physics and advanced quantum mechanics.