Symmetry and condensed matter physics : a computational approach /
Unlike existing texts, this book blends for the first time three topics in physics - symmetry, condensed matter physics and computational methods - into one pedagogical textbook. It includes new concepts in mathematical crystallography; experimental methods capitalizing on symmetry aspects; non-conv...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Symmetry and physics
- Symmetry and group theory
- Group representations : concepts
- Group representations : formalism and methodology
- Dixon's method for computing group characters
- Group action and symmetry projection operators
- Construction of the irreducible representations
- Product groups and product representations
- Induced representations
- Crystallographic symmetry and space-groups
- Space-groups : irreps
- Time-reversal symmetry : color groups and the Onsager relations
- Tensors and tensor fields
- Electronic properties of solids
- Dynamical properties of molecules, solids, and surfaces
- Experimental measurements and selection rules
- Landau's theory of phase transitions
- Incommensurate systems and quasi-crystals.
