Introductory Solid State Physics

David C. Johnston earned his Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from the University of California at San Diego under Prof. Bernd T. Matthias in 1975 and was a research scientist there until 1978. He was a member of the research staff of the Corporate Research Laboratories of the Exxon Research and Engineering Company from 1978 to 1987. He was then a Professor at Iowa State University and a Senior Physicist at Ames Laboratory from 1987 to 2000 and was named a Distinguished Professor in 2000. He is a Fellow and Outstanding Referee of the American Physical Society.

• Chapter 1: Crystal Structures. Chapter 2: Wave Diffraction. Chapter 3: Essentials of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. Chapter 4: Crystal Lattice Properties. Chapter 5: Noninteracting Local-Moment Magnetism. Chapter 6: Quantum Magnetic Moments Interacting by Heisenberg Exchange: Molecular Field Theory. Chapter 7: Magnetic Resonance. Chapter 8: Free-Electron Fermi Gas. Chapter 9: Band Structure of Itinerant Electrons in Metallic Solids. Chapter 10: Electrical Resistivity and Hall Effect. Chapter 11: Superconductivity. Appendix A: Notes on Magnetic Susceptibility Experiments. Bibliography. Index.