SOLID STATE PHYSICS Problems and Solutions Michael C. Martin State University of New York at Stony Brook ®) A WILEY-INTERSCIENCE PUBLICATION JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. NewYork * Chichester * Brisbane * ‘Toronto + SingaporeThis text is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 1996 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada, Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without the permission of the copyright ‘owner is unlawful. Requests for permission or further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data: Mihaly, Laszlé, 1949 Solid state physics : problems and solutions / Laselé Mihaly, Michael C. Martin p. em, Includes bibliographical references aun inden. ISBN 0.471-15287-0 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Sold state physics—Problems, exercises, ete. 1, Martin, Michael C. IL. Title. 176.515.M54 1996 530.4111076—de20 96.6184 Printed in the United States of America 1098765432Contents Preface xiii PART! PROBLEMS 1 Crystal Structures 3 1.1 Problem: Symmetries 9 1.2 Problem: Rotations 9 1.3. Problem: Copper Oxide Layers 10 14 Problem: Graphite 11 15 Problem: Structure of A,Cyo 11 1.6 Problem: hep and fee Structures 11 1.7 Problem: hep and dec Structures 11 1.8 Problem: Structure Factor of A,Cjy 11 1.9 Problem: Neutron Diffraction Device 12 1.10 Problem: Linear Array of Emitters, Finite Size Effects 12 1.11 Problem: Linear Array of Emitters, Superlattice 12 1.12. Problem: Powder Diffraction of hep and fec Crystals 13 1.13 Problem: Momentum Resolution 13 1.14 Problem: Finite Size Effects 13 1.15. Problem: Random Displacement 13 1.16 Problem: Vacancies 14 1.17 Problem: Integrated Scattering Intensity 14 Interatomic Forces, Lattice Vibrations 15 2.1 Problem: Madelung Constant 19 2.2. Problem: NaCl Bulk Modulus 19 2.3. Problem: Madelung with Screened Potential 19 2.4 Problem: Triple-axis Spectrometer 20 2.5 Problem: Phonons in Silicon 20 2.6 Problem: Linear Array of Emitters, Phonons 20 2.7 Problem: Long Range Interaction 21 2.8 Problem: Mass Defect 21 2.9 Problem: Debye Frequency 21 2.10 Problem: Vibrations of a Square Lattice 22