Standard topics such as crystal structure, reciprocal space, free electrons, band theory, phonons, and magnetism are covered. Condensed matter and materials physics american physical society 100 2019 245111. Suspend capitalism now, and do not resuscitate duration. Solid state physics is an applied field that utilizes a lot of the knowledge you have already acquired in the lower level physics core courses as well as statistical mechanics. Oxford, united kingdom april 20 vi preface when i was an undergraduate i thought solid state physics a subgenre of condensed matter physics was. K1 kittel, introduction to solid state physics, john wiley and sons, 2004.
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