The Physics of Solids

Part I: Introductory Topics 1: Elastic behavior of solids 2: Electric behavior of insulators 3: Metals and the Drude-Lorentz model 4: Elementary theories of thermal properties of solids 5: Elementary theories of magnetism 6: The non-interacting Fermi gas 7: Elementary theories of crystal bonding Part II: Crystal Structure and its Determination 8: Lattices and crystal structures 9: X-ray diffraction Part III: Electronic Structure of Periodic Solids 10: Electrons in a periodic solid 11: The nearly-free electron, OPW, pseudopotential, and tight binding methods 12: The parameterization of band structures: applications to semiconductors 13: Augmented-plane wave and Green's function methods Part IV: Electron-electron interaction 14: The self-consistent dielectric function 15: Hartree-Fock and density functional theory Part V: Lattice Dynamics 16: Harmonic lattice dynamics: classical and quantum 17: Thermal expansion, phonon-phonon interactions, and heat transport Part VI: Electron Transport and Conduction Electron Dynamics 18: Motion of electroncs and holes in external electric and magnetic fields 19: Electronic transport properties governed by static scattering centers 20: Measuring the electronic energy spectrum on and off the Fermi surface 21: The interacting system of metallic-electrons and phonons Part VII: Semiconductors 22: Homogeneous semiconductors 23: Inhomogeneous semiconductors Part VIII: Electric and Magnetic Properties of Insulators 24: Electric and magnetic susceptibilities 25: Piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, and ferroelectrcity Part IX: Magnetism 26: Ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism 27: Dynamic properties of magnetic materials 28: Magnetic resonance Part X: Optical Properties 29: Optical responses 30: Polaritons, excitons, and plasmons 31: Behavior under intense illumination: NLO, the e-h liquid and excitonic BEC Part XI: Superconductivity and Superfluidity 32: A phenomenological theory of superconductivity: the London equations 33: A phenomenological theory of superconductivity: the Ginzburg-Landau theory and the Josephson effects 34: The microscopic theory of superconductivity: Cooper pairing and the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory 35: Elementary excitations and the thermodynamic properties of superconductors 36: Superfluid 4HE 37: Landau's theory of a Fermi liquid 38: Superfluid 3HE Part XII: Disordered Materials 39: Alloys 40: Defects and diffusion in crystalline solids 41: Dislocations and grain boundaries 42: Quantum theory of electrical transport in dilute alloys 43: Electrical transport in highly-disordered media: localization/interaction effects 44: Magnetic impurities and their interactions: the Anderson model, the Kondo effect and the RKKY interaction Part XIII: Special Topics 45: Strongly correlated systems 46: High temperature superconductors 47: Artificially structures and patterned materials; surfaces and interfaces 48: The quantum Hall effects 49: Graphene, carbon nantubes and fullerenes Appendix A: The calculus of variations Appendix B: The symmetry of many-particle wave functions; the occupation number representation