Quantum Theory of Conducting Matter

I. Preliminaries Chapter 1 through 5 - Introduction, Theoretical Background, Lattice vibrations, heat capacity, Free electron model, heat capacity, Electrical conduction and the Hall effect, Magnetic susceptibility II. Bloch Electron Dynamics Chapter 6 through 10 - Introduction, The Bloch theorem, The Fermi liquid model, The Fermi surface and de Haas-van Alphen oscillations, Newtonian equations of motion III. Applications Chapter 11 through 18 - Introduction, Cyclotron resonance, Dynamic conductivity, infrared faraday effect, Thermoelectric power, The doping dependence of the susceptibility in cuprates, Electron-phonon interation, Superconductivity, Quantum Hall effect... Mehr