Berry Phases in Electronic Structure Theory

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An introduction to the role of Berry phases in our modern understanding of the physics of electrons in solids.

Über den Autor

David Vanderbilt is Board of Governors Professor of Physics at Rutgers University, New Jersey, where he has made significant contributions to computational condensed matter physics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and was awarded the prestigious Rahman Prize in Computational Physics of the American Physical Society in 2006.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Acronyms; Introduction; 1. Invariance and quantization of charges and currents; 2. Review of electronic structure theory; 3. Berry phases and curvatures; 4. Electric polarization; 5. Topological insulators and semimetals; 6. Orbital magnetization and axion magnetoelectric coupling; Appendix A. Fourier transform conventions; Appendix B. Optimal alignment and the singular value decomposition; Appendix C. Gauge transformation of the Chern-Simons axion coupling; Appendix D. The PythTB package; References; Index.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Mechanik & Akustik
Genre:	Importe , Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9781107157651
ISBN-10:	110715765X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Vanderbilt, David
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	250 x 175 x 26 mm
Von/Mit:	David Vanderbilt
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.02.2019
Gewicht:	0,86 kg