Title: Electronic processes in solids, based on lectures given [at] Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May, 1957.
Authors: Aigrain, P.; Coelho, Roland J.; Ascarelli, Gianni.
Publisher: Technology Press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Year: 1960
Subjects: Electric conductivity.; Solids; Electrons
Contents: Introduction--the crystal Hamiltonian -- The Born-Oppenheimer approximation -- The harmonic vibrations of the nuclei -- Introduction to photon of the scattering -- Reciprocal lattice--Brillouin zone -- Formulation of the electronic wave equation -- Solution of the electronic wave equation--Block functions -- Introduction to conduction theory--wannier formalism and the effective mass -- Introduction to conduction theory--Wannier formalism and the effective mass -- Statistical mechanics of electrons in solids -- Elementary notion of transport theory -- Calculation of the current density -- Scattering of electrons by phonons -- Mean free time for phonon scattering -- Nonintrinsic scattering mechanism -- High-field conduction phenomena.