Introduction to lattice dynamics

✍ Scribed by Martin T. Dove

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 276
• Series: Cambridge topics in mineral physics and chemistry 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is a terrific introduction to lattice dynamics. It is highly readable but very substantive. It's a great place to start learning this topic, and for many it may have all that one needs to know about the field.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Physical constants and conversion factors......Page 17
Some fundamentals......Page 19
The harmonic approximation and lattice dynamics of very simple systems......Page 36
Dynamics of diatomic crystals: general principles......Page 54
How far do the atoms move?......Page 73
Lattice dynamics and thermodynamics......Page 82
Formal description......Page 98
Acoustic modes and macroscopic elasticity......Page 113
Anharmonic effects and phase transitions......Page 119
Neutron scattering......Page 150
Infrared and Raman spectroscopy......Page 169
Formal quantum-mechanical description of lattice vibrations......Page 185
Molecular dynamics simulations......Page 197
The Ewald method......Page 213
Lattice sums......Page 220
Bose-Einstein distribution and the thermodynamic relations for phonons......Page 225
Landau theory of phase transitions......Page 228
Classical theory of coherent neutron scattering......Page 239
Time correlation functions......Page 247
Commutation relations......Page 251
Published phonon dispersion curves for non-metallic crystals: update of previous compilation......Page 254
References......Page 258
Index......Page 272