Solid State Physics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Solid State Physics, Volume 54 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 8
Preface 12
Chapter 1. Quasiparticle Calculations in Solids 16
I. Many-Body Effects in Computational Solid State Physics 17
II. Quasiparticle Calculations in the GW Approximation 27
III. GWA Calculations: Numerical Considerations 104
IV. Semiconductors and Insulators 148
V. Metals 178
VI. GWA Calculations and Optical Response 187
VII. Excited States within Density Functional Theory 210
Appendix: Density Functional Theory 222
Chapter 2. The Surfactant Effect in Semiconductor Thin-Film Growth 234
I. Introduction 234
II. Experimental Observations 238
III. Theoretical Models 248
IV. The Diffusion–De-Exchange–Passivation Model 257
V. Discussion 279
Chapter 3. The Two-Dimensional Physics of Josephson Junction Arrays 282
I. Introduction 285
II. The Basics 290
III. Classical Arrays: T = 0 302
IV. Classical Arrays: T > 0
V. Classical Arrays: Zero Frequency 327
VI. Classical Arrays: Nonzero Frequency Response 343
VII. Classical Arrays: Finite-Size Effects 353
VIII. Classical Arrays: Magnetic Fields 361
IX. Classical Arrays: Disorder 376
X. Classical Arrays: Nonconventional Dynamics 402
XI. Classical Arrays: Strongly Driven 414
XII. Quantum Arrays 450
XIII. Afterword 486
Acknowledgments and Apologia 487
Appendix A: Correlation Functions: Vortices and Spin Waves 488
Appendix B: Vortex-Pair Density: The Dilute Limit 494
Appendix C: Scaling 495
Appendix D: Current-Induced Vortex Unbinding 511
Appendix E: The Capacitance Matrix 514
Appendix F: Offset Charges 518
Appendix G: Phase Correlation Function in the Absence of Coupling 519
Appendix H: Conductivity from Derivatives of the Partition Function 521
Appendix I: The Green’s Function for Gaussian Coarse Graining 524