Bloch's theorem in nLab

Contents

Contents

Idea

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• solid state physics

• electron band theory

References

For free electrons

The original article:

• Felix Bloch, Über die Quantenmechanik der Elektronen in Kristallgittern, Zeitschrift für Physik 52 7-8 (1929) 555-600 [[doi:10.1007/BF01339455]]

Textbook account:

• Michael Reed and Barry Simon, Sec. XIII.16 Schrödinger operators with periodic potentials, of: Methods of Modern Mathematical Physics – IV: Analysis of Operators, Academic Press (1978)

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Textbook account in semiconductor-theory:

• Sheng San Li, Section 4.3 of: Semiconductor Physical Electronics, Springer (2006) [[doi:10.1007/0-387-37766-2_4]]

In the context of topological phases of matter:

• Jérôme Cayssol, Jean-Noël Fuchs, Section IV.B of: Topological and geometrical aspects of band theory, J. Phys. Mater. 4 (2021) 034007 (arXiv:2012.11941, doi:10.1088/2515-7639/abf0b5)

See also:

• Wikipedia, Bloch’s theorem

Variant for hyperbolic spaces:

• Joseph Maciejko, Steven Rayan, Hyperbolic band theory, Science Advances 7 36 (2021) [doi:10.1126/sciadv.abe9170]

• Adil Attar, Igor Boettcher, Selberg trace formula in hyperbolic band theory, Phys. Rev. E 106 034114 (2022) [arXiv:2201.06587, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.106.034114]

For interacting electrons

• Yuejin Guo, Jean-Marc Langlois and William A. Goddard , Electronic Structure and Valence-Bond Band Structure of Cuprate Superconducting Materials, New Series, 239 4842 (1988) 896-899 [[jstor:1700316]]

• Jingsan Hu, Jianfei Gu, Weiyi Zhang, Bloch’s band structures of a pair of interacting electrons in simple one- and two-dimensional lattices, Physics Letters A 414 (2021) 127634 [[doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2021.127634]]