PART VII: Solid State Physics
Solid state physics is the study of rigid matter, or solids, through methods such as quantum mechanics, crystallography, electromagnetism, and metallurgy. It is the largest branch of condensed matter physics. Solid-state physics studies how the large-scale properties of solid materials result from their atomic-scale properties. Thus, solid-state physics forms a theoretical basis of materials science. It also has direct applications, for example in the technology of transistors and semiconductors.
Here, the first draft of Solid State Physics Lectures .. The final draft will be available soon !!
Contents:
Crystals Structure.
Wave Diffraction and The Reciprocal Lattice.
Crystal Binding.
Second Quantization and the Electron Gas.
The Free Fermi Gas and Single Electron Model.
Non-Interacting Electrons in a Periodic Potential & Nearly Free and Tightly Bound Electrons.
Density Functional Theory (DFT).
These lecture notes are far from original. They borrow heavily from the following references:
1. Introduction to Solid State Physics, Charles Kittel.
2. Solid State Physics, Neil W. Ashcrof & N. David Mermin.
3. Principle of Quantum Mechanics; R. Shanker, 2nd Ed.
4. Quantum Physics; Stephen Gasiorowics, 3rd Ed.
5. Introduction of Quantum Mechanics; David Griffiths.
6. Quantum Theory of Many-Particle System, A. L. Fetter & J.D. Walecka.
7. Quantum Many-particle Systems, John W. Negele & Henri Orland.
8. Condensed Matter Physics, Michael P. Marder.