Progress in Electron Properties of Solids

• Optical and Transport Properties.- Theory of bands, bonds, and optical properties of semiconductors.- Atomic pseudo-Hamiltonians for Quantum Monte Carlo.- On the electronic and structural properties of small clusters.- ABC theory vs. ABC free theory of exciton polariton.- Temperature dependence of the band structure of semiconductors: electron-phonon interaction.- Piezospectroscopy: electronic states and phonons in semiconductors and insulators.- Polaronic effects on free and harmonically bound electrons in magnetic field.- Spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation.- Theoretical studies of the transient response of highly photoexcited carriers in semiconductors.- Optical spectroscopy in transition-metal dichalcogenides.- Lifetime measurements of KBr:Tl+ by a multifrequency phase fluorometer.- Excitons, Correlations and Collective Phenomena.- Exciton interactions. Interaction between bound excitons and impurities as well as between bound excitons.- Exciton interactions. Interactions of free excitons.- The spectral manifestation of weakly coupled mixed states of excitons and lattice deformation.- Two-particle Coulomb systems in a magnetic field.- A simple approach for estimating Auger decay rates and resonances energies in molecules.- Ordering transitions induced by Coulomb interactions.- Pinned charge density waves as models of glassy behavior.- Renormalized Boltzmann equation and Fermi liquid theory for strongly disordered electron systems.- Nonlinear Optics.- Nonlinear magnetooptics in solids.- Dynamics of the coherent and noncoherent nonlinear susceptibility in CuCl.- Multiphoton spectroscopy in direct and indirect gap materials.- Superconductivity.- Superconductivity energy gaps in the high-Tc layered cuprates.- Photoemission studies of YBa2Cu3O7 and related high temperature superconductors.- Understanding the oxide superconductors.- Surfaces, quantum wells and superlattices.- Optical properties of semiconductors surfaces.- Plasmons of a single graphite layer floating on a metal surface.- Electronic states in semiconductor superlattices and quantum wells.- Electronic states and optical transitions in quantum wells.- A self energy approach for optical transition energies in semiconductors and superlattices.- Three-wave mixing via subband levels in inversion layers and in quantum wells.- Electronic spectra of solids, impurities and superstructures with the recursion and renormalization methods.- Core excitons in strained-layer superlattices.- Quantum harmonic oscillator in a magnetic field: an example of holomorphic representation.

'In summary, this is an impressive and eclectic collection of papers dealing with both theory and experiment of electrons in solids. Since the book honors a noted scientist's influence on his fellow physicists, cohesiveness has been limited by comprehensiveness. This book is recommended for the specialist wishing a well-written account of some of the important advances in the field.' Journal of the American Chemical Society, 112:24, 1990