Books on Solid State Physics

Introductory textbooks

   Introduction to solid state physics, 8th edition, C. Kittel   

The most widely used introductory solid state physics textbook. A German translation is available in the library. Wiley Publishers: Introduction to solid state physics Reviews at Amazon

   Festkörperphysik, H. Ibach and H. Lüth   

The most widely used introductory solid state textbook in German speaking countries. Available as an ebook from the TU Graz library.

   Lectures on "Solid-State Physics I + II", Prof. Dr. Rudolf Gross   

This is a very good set of online lectures notes from the TU Munich. The notes are in German.

    Experimentalphysik 3: Atome, Moleküle und Festkörper , Demtröder   

Available as an ebook from the TU Graz library.

   Einführung in die Festkörperphysik Festkörperphysik, K. Kopitzki und P. Herzog   

Available as an ebook from the TU Graz library.

   Principles of Semiconductor Devices, B. Van Zeghbroeck   

Covers semiconductors. http://ece-www.colorado.edu/~bart/book/book/contents.htm

Advanced textbooks

   Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Sormann und E. Schachinger    

Theoretische Festkörperphysik Chapters 1-6 are relevant for this course.

   Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Gerd Czycholl   

Available as an ebook from the TU Graz library.

   Solid state physics, Ashcroft and Mermin   

A detailed graduate text.

   Solid state theory, W. A. Harrison   

A detailed graduate text.

   Quantum theory of many-particle systems, Fetter and Walecka   

Serious calculations require second quantization, Feynman diagrams, and Green's functions. This text discusses solid state physics in these terms.

   Statistical Physics, Landau and Lifshitz   

Statistical mechanics is required to calculate many of the equilibrium properties of solids. The chapters on solids in this book provide a thorough discussion of these topics.

Reference books

   International Tables for Crystallography
   

This is a comprehensive eight volume set with lots of information on crystals. The books are available online at http://it.iucr.org/. A subscription is required. They should be accessible from TUG computers.

Online lectures