TY - BOOK AU - Lüthi,Bruno ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Physical Acoustics in the Solid State T2 - Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, SN - 9783540721949 AV - QC173.45-173.458 U1 - 530.41 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Physics KW - Acoustics KW - Condensed matter KW - Engineering KW - Optical materials KW - Electronic materials KW - Nanotechnology KW - Condensed Matter Physics KW - Optical and Electronic Materials KW - Engineering, general KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Experimental Techniques -- Elasticity -- Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions -- Acoustic Waves in the Presence of Magnetic Ions -- Ultrasonics at Magnetic Phase Transitions -- Ultrasonics at Structural Transitions -- Metals and Semiconductors -- Unstable Moment Compounds -- Ultrasonics in Superconductors -- Coupling to Collective Excitations -- Ultrasonics in Low Dimensional Spin and Electronic Peierls-Systems -- Symmetry Effects with Sound Waves -- Ultrasonic Propagation in Tunneling Systems -- Conclusion and Outlook N2 - Suitable for researchers and graduate students in physics and material science, "Physical Acoustics in the Solid State" reviews the modern aspects in the field, including many experimental results, especially those involving ultrasonics. Practically all fields of solid-state physics are covered: metals, semiconductors, magnetism, superconductivity, different kinds of phase transitions, low-dimensional systems, and the quantum Hall effect. After a review of the relevant experimental techniques and an introduction to the theory of elasticity, emphasizing the symmetry aspects, applications in the various fields of condensed matter physics are presented. Also treated are Brillouin-scattering results and results from thermodynamic investigations, such as thermal expansion and specific heat UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72194-9 ER -