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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995. Quantum theory of solids. Oxfords, Clarendon Press 1955 (OCoLC)594072775 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Rudolf E Peierls |
OCLC Number: | 1476595 |
Description: | viii, 229 pages : diagrams ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Crystal lattices. General theory -- Crystal lattices. Applications -- Interaction of light with non-conducting crystals -- Electrons in a perfect lattice -- Cohesive forces in metals -- Transport phenomena -- Magnetic properties of metals -- Ferromagnetism -- Interaction of light with electrons in solids -- Semi-conductors and luminescence -- Superconductivity. |
Series Title: | International series of monographs on physics. |
Responsibility: | by R.E. Peierls. |
Abstract:
"This book develops the subject from the basic principles of quantum mechanics. The emphasis is on a single statement of the ideas underlying the various approximations that have to be used and care is taken to separate sound arguments from conjecture."--Book cover
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