Electrons in Solids: Contemporary Topics

PRELIMS.pdf
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Author biography
		Richard A Dunlap
CH001.pdf
	Chapter 1 The normal Hall effect
		1.1 Introduction
		1.2 The basic physics of the Hall effect
		1.3 The Hall effect and holes
		1.4 The effective mass tensor
		1.5 Applications of the Hall effect
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH002.pdf
	Chapter 2 The integer quantum Hall effect
		2.1 Introduction
		2.2 Discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH003.pdf
	Chapter 3 High magnetic field technology
		3.1 Introduction
		3.2 Solenoids
		3.3 Magnetic core electromagnets
		3.4 Superconducting magnets
		3.5 Bitter solenoids
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH004.pdf
	Chapter 4 Integer quantum Hall effect theory
		4.1 Introduction
		4.2 Quantum harmonic oscillator
		4.3 Landau levels
		4.4 Landau level degeneracy
		4.5 Lifting of the Landau level degeneracy
		4.6 Explanation of the plateaus
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH005.pdf
	Chapter 5 The fractional quantum Hall effect
		5.1 Introduction
		5.2 Discovery of the fractional quantum Hall effect
		5.3 Theory of the fractional quantum Hall effect
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH006.pdf
	Chapter 6 Applications of the quantum Hall effect
		6.1 Introduction
		6.2 The resistance standard
		6.3 Relationship of the quantum Hall effect to physical constants
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH007.pdf
	Chapter 7 Superconductivity and magnetism
		7.1 Introduction
		7.2 The discovery of superconductivity
		7.3 The effect of magnetic fields on superconductors
		7.4 Diamagnetism and the Meissner effect
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH008.pdf
	Chapter 8 Other properties of superconductors
		8.1 Introduction
		8.2 The London penetration depth
		8.3 Flux quantization
		8.4 The isotope effect
		8.5 Specific heat
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH009.pdf
	Chapter 9 BCS theory
		9.1 Introduction
		9.2 Cooper pair formation
		9.3 The superconducting energy gap
		9.4 The coherence length
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH010.pdf
	Chapter 10 High temperature superconductivity
		10.1 Introduction
		10.2 The discovery of high temperature superconductors
		10.3 Properties of high temperature superconductors
		10.4 The theory of high temperature superconductivity
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH011.pdf
	Chapter 11 The Josephson effect
		11.1 Introduction
		11.2 The Josephson effect
		References and suggestions for further reading
CH012.pdf
	Chapter 12 Superconductor applications
		12.1 Introduction
		12.2 Power transmission
		12.3 Particle physics
		12.4 Fusion research
		12.5 SQUIDs
		References and suggestions for further reading