Solid State Physics
Subtitle: Advances in Research and ApplicationsVolume 46
Contributors: Spaepen, Frans
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9780080865188
Subjects: Solid state physics; Solid state physics -- Periodicals; Solid state physics -- Research
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Solid State Physics.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Solid State Physics, Volume 54; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Quasiparticle Calculations in Solids; I. Many-Body Effects in Computational Solid State Physics; II. Quasiparticle Calculations in the GW Approximation; III. GWA Calculations: Numerical Considerations; IV. Semiconductors and Insulators; V. Metals; VI. GWA Calculations and Optical Response; VII. Excited States within Density Functional Theory; Appendix: Density Functional Theory; Chapter 2. The Surfactant Effect in Semiconductor Thin-Film Growth; I. Introduction; title: II. Experimental ObservationsIII. Theoretical Models; IV. The Diffusion-De-Exchange-Passivation Model; V. Discussion; Chapter 3. The Two-Dimensional Physics of Josephson Junction Arrays; I. Introduction; II. The Basics; III. Classical Arrays: T = 0; IV. Classical Arrays: T &gt; 0; V. Classical Arrays: Zero Frequency; VI. Classical Arrays: Nonzero Frequency Response; VII. Classical Arrays: Finite-Size Effects; VIII. Classical Arrays: Magnetic Fields; IX. Classical Arrays: Disorder; X. Classical Arrays: Nonconventional Dynamics; XI. Classical Arrays: Strongly Driven; XII. Quantum Arrays; title: XIII. AfterwordAcknowledgments and Apologia; Appendix A: Correlation Functions: Vortices and Spin Waves; Appendix B: Vortex-Pair Density: The Dilute Limit; Appendix C: Scaling; Appendix D: Current-Induced Vortex Unbinding; Appendix E: The Capacitance Matrix; Appendix F: Offset Charges; Appendix G: Phase Correlation Function in the Absence of Coupling; Appendix H: Conductivity from Derivatives of the Partition Function; Appendix I: The Green's Function for Gaussian Coarse Graining