David Vanderbilt (New Jersey Rutgers University)

Berry Phases in Electronic Structure Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

A pedagogical introduction to a set of mathematical ideas associated with Berry phases that have revolutionized understanding of key aspects of the behavior of electrons in solids. Including practical examples and exercises throughout to test understanding, this book covers electric polarization, orbital magnetization and topological insulators.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 846g
• ISBN-13: 9781107157651
• ISBN-10: 110715765X
• Artikelnr.: 52528800

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.