Electron-Phonon Interactions and Phase Transitions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977)

This NATO Advanced Study Institute was the fourth in a series devoted to the subject of phase transitions and instabilities with particular attention to structural phase transforma ions. Beginning wi th the first Geilo institute in 19'(1 we have seen the emphasis evolve from the simple quasiharmonic soft mode description within the Landau theory, through the unexpected spectral structure re presented by the "central peak" (1973), to such subjects as melting, turbulence and hydrodynamic instabilities (1975). Sophisticated theoretical techniques such as scaling laws and renormalization group theory developed over the same period have brought to this wide range of subjects a pleasing unity. These institutes have been instrumental in placing structural transformations clearly in the mainstream of statistical physics and critical phenomena. The present Geilo institute retains some of the counter cul tural flavour of the first one by insisting whenever possible upon peeking under the skirts of even the most successful phenomenology to catch a glimpse of the underlying microscopic processes. Of course the soft mode remains a useful concept, but the major em phasis of this institute is the microscopic cause of the mode softening. The discussions given here illustrate that for certain important classes of solids the cause lies in the electron phonon interaction. Three major types of structural transitions are considered. In the case of metals and semimetals, the electron phonon interaction relie6 heavily on the topology of the Fermi surface."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	NATO Science Series B:, 29
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	1977
Editors:	T. Riste
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	416
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
ISBN-13:	978-1-4615-8923-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > General
LSN:	1-4615-8923-1
Barcode:	9781461589235

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