Coarse-graining electronic behavior in condensed matter systems : from electrons to continuum elasticity

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2002. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-137). === In this thesis properties of various condensed matter systems are studied, whose dependency on electronic behavior is incorporated through coarse-grained inte...

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Main Author: Segall, Darren Eric, 1970-
Other Authors: Tomás A. Arias.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29307