Fundamentals of the theory of metals
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Fundamentals of the theory of metals
North-Holland , Elsevier Science Pub., c1988
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Osnovy teorii metallov
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Bibliography: p. 605-612
Includes indexes
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Description
``Fundamentals of the Theory of Metals'' has grown out of courses and lectures given by the author over a period of years. Part I is devoted to normal metals and is basically a thoroughly revised version of the author's book ``An Introduction to the Theory of Normal Metals'', originally published in Russian in 1972. It covers the electronic spectra of metals, electrical and thermal conductivities, galvanomagnetic and thermoelectrical phenomena, the behaviour of metals in high-frequency fields, sound absorption and Fermi-liquid phenomena. Part I also deals with the present-day concept of the energy spectra of electrons in metals and with methods that make it possible to study the behaviour of metals in dc and ac fields. Part II is concerned with the theory of superconductivity and offers a detailed description of two fundamental methods: the microscopic theory based on the Bogoliubov method and the Ginzburg-Landau theory, which allows the description of the behaviour of superconductors close to the critical temperature.
Table of Contents
Preface. Part I. Normal Metals. 1. An electron in a periodic crystal lattice. 2. The electron Fermi liquid. 3. Electrical and thermal conductivity. 4. Scattering processes. 5. Galvanomagnetic properties of metals. 6. Thermoelectric and thermomagnetic phenomena. 7. Metals in a high-frequency electromagnetic field. Cyclotron resonance. 8. Size effects. 9. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the presence of a magnetic field. 10. Magnetic susceptibility and the de Haas-van Alphen effect. 11. Quantum effects in conductivity. 12. Absorption of sound in metals. 13. Fermi-liquid effects. 14. Methods of calculating the electronic spectra of metals. Part II. Superconducting Metals. 15. Macroscopic theory of superconductivity. 16. Basic ideas of the BCS theory. 17. The Ginzburg-Landau theory. 18. Type II superconductivity. 19. Kinetics of superconductors. 20. The superconductor-normal metal interface. 21. Superconductivity and magnetism. 22. Tunnel junctions. The Josephson effect. Appendices. References. Suggested reading. Author index. Subject index.
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