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• Preface to the series. Preface. Introduction. Chapters
• 1. Phenomenological theory of recombination.
• 2. Impurity centers.
• 3. Cascade capture by isolated attractive centers.
• 4. One-quantum transitions.
• 5. Experimental data on capture by attractive centers in Ge and Si.
• 6. Reciprocal influence of impurity centers.
• 7. Capture limited by diffusion.
• 8. Capture by repulsive centers.
• 9. Multiphonon capture and thermal emission.
• 10. Thermal emission and capture in an electric field.
• 11. Auger recombination.
• 12. Impurity Auger processes. Appendices. References. Author index. Subject index. Materials index. Cumulative index.
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In recent years, great progress has been made in the understanding of recombination processes controlling the number of excess free carriers in semiconductors under nonequilibrium conditions. As a result, it is now possible to give a comprehensive theoretical description of these processes. The authors have selected a number of experimental results which elucidate the underlying physical problems and enable a test of theoretical models. The following topics are dealt with: phenomenological theory of recombination, theoretical models of shallow and deep localized states, cascade model of carrier capture by impurity centers, capture restricted by diffusion, multiphonon processes, Auger processes, effect of electric field on capture and thermal emission of carriers.
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• Free Fields
• The Thirring Model
• Determinants and Heat Kernels
• Self-Interacting Fermionic Models
• Nonlinear [sigma] Models: Classical Aspects
• Nonlinear [sigma] Models - Quantum Aspects
• Exact S-Matrices of 2D Models
• The Wess-Zumino-Witten Theory
• QED2: Operator Approach
• Quantum Chromodynamics
• QED2: Functional Approach
• The Finite Temperature Schwinger Model
• Non-Abelian Chiral Gauge Theories
• Chiral Quantum Electrodynamics
• Conformally Invariant Field Theory
• Conformal Field Theory with Internal Symmetry
• 2D Gravity and String-Related Topics.
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The second edition of Non-Perturbative Methods in Two-Dimensional Quantum Field Theory is an extensively revised version, involving major changes and additions. Although much of the material is special to two dimensions, the techniques used should prove helpful also in the development of techniques applicable in higher dimensions. In particular, the last three chapters of the book will be of direct interest to researchers wanting to work in the field of conformal field theory and strings.This book is intended for students working for their PhD degree and post-doctoral researchers wishing to acquaint themselves with the non-perturbative aspects of quantum field theory.
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• 1. Classical Mechanics.
• 2. Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics.
• 3. Stationary States.
• 4. Symmetry Transformations on States.
• 5. Symmetry Transformations on Operators.
• 6. Interlude.
• 7. Approximation Methods for Bound States.
• 8. Potential Scattering.
• 9. Transitions.
• 10. Further Topics in Quantum Dynamics.
• 11. The Quantized Electromagnetic Field.
• 12. Relativistic Wave Equations.
• 13. Identical Particles. Appendix A. Mathematical Tools. Appendix B. Rotation Matrices. Appendix C. SU
• 3. Appendix D. References. Index.
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For graduate courses in Quantum Mechanics. With clear discussion and numerous problems, this text adequately and comprehensively covers all the subjects of quantum mechanics.
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• Part I. Introduction: 1. What this monograph is about
• 2. Some experiments
• 3. Continuum mechanics
• 4. Quasilinear systems
• 5. Outline of monograph
• Part II. Two-Well Potentials, Governing Equations and Energetics: 1. Introduction
• 2. Two-phase nonlinearly elastic materials
• 3. Field equations and jump conditions
• 4. Energetics of motion, driving force and dissipation inequality
• Part III. Equilibrium Phase Mixtures and Quasistatic Processes: 1. Introduction
• 2. Equilibrium states
• 3. Variational theory of equilibrium mixtures of phases
• 4. Quasistatic processes
• 5. Nucleation and kinetics
• 6. Constant elongation rate processes
• 7. Hysteresis
• Part IV. Impact-Induced Transitions in Two-Phase Elastic Materials: 1. Introduction
• 2. The impact problem for trilinear two-phase materials
• 3. Scale-invariant solutions of the impact problem
• 4. Nucleation and kinetics
• 5. Comparison with experiment
• 6. Other types of kinetic relations
• 7. Related work
• Part V. Multiple-Well Free Energy Potentials: 1. Introduction
• 2. Helmholtz free energy potential
• 3. Potential energy function and the effect of stress
• 4. Example 1: the van der Waals fluid
• 5. Example 2: two-phase martensitic material with cubic and tetragonal phases
• Part VI. The Continuum Theory of Driving Force: 1. Introduction
• 2. Balance laws, field equations and jump conditions
• 3. The second law of thermodynamics and the driving force
• Part VII. Thermoelastic Materials: 1. Introduction
• 2. The thermoelastic constitutive law
• 3. Stability of a thermoelastic material
• 4. A one-dimensional special case: uniaxial strain
• Part VIII. Kinetics and Nucleation: 1. Introduction
• 2. Nonequilibrium processes, thermodynamic fluxes and forces, kinetic relation
• 3. Phenomenological examples of kinetic relations
• 4. Micromechanically-based examples of kinetic relations
• 5. Nucleation
• Part IX. Models for Two-Phase Thermoelastic Materials in One Dimension: 1. Preliminaries
• 2. Materials of Mie-Gruneisen type
• 3. Two-phase Mie-Gruneisen materials
• Part X. Quasistatic Hysteresis in Two-Phase Thermoelastic Tensile Bars: 1. Preliminaries
• 2. Thermomechanical equilibrium states for a two-phase material
• 3. Quasistatic processes
• 4. Trilinear thermoelastic material
• 5. Stress cycles at constant temperature
• 6. Temperature cycles at constant stress
• 7. The shape-memory cycle
• 8. The experiments of Shaw and Kyriakides
• 9. Slow thermomechanical processes
• Part XI. Dynamics of Phase Transitions in Uniaxially Strained Thermoelastic Solids: 1. Introduction
• 2. Uniaxial strain in adiabatic thermoelasticity
• 3. The impact problem
• Part XII. Statics: Geometric Compatibility: 1. Preliminaries
• 2. Examples
• Part XIII. Dynamics: Impact-Induced Transition in a CuA1Nl Single Crystal: 1. Introduction
• 2. Preliminaries
• 3. Impact without phase transformation
• 4. Impact with phase transformation
• 5. Application to austenite-B1 martensite transformation in CuA1Nl
• Part XIV. Quasistatics: Kinetics of Martensitic Twinning: 1. Introduction
• 2. The material and loading device
• 3. Observations
• 4. The model
• 5. The energy of the system
• 6. The effect of the transition layers: further observations
• 7. The effect of the transition layers: further modeling
• 8. Kinetics.
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This 2006 work began with the author's exploration of the applicability of the finite deformation theory of elasticity when various standard assumptions such as convexity of various energies or ellipticity of the field equations of equilibrium are relinquished. The finite deformation theory of elasticity turns out to be a natural vehicle for the study of phase transitions in solids where thermal effects can be neglected. This text will be of interest to those interested in the development and application of continuum-mechanical models that describe the macroscopic response of materials capable of undergoing stress- or temperature-induced transitions between two solid phases. The focus is on the evolution of phase transitions which may be either dynamic or quasi-static, controlled by a kinetic relation which in the framework of classical thermomechanics represents information that is supplementary to the usual balance principles and constitutive laws of conventional theory.
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• 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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``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.
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