The Physics of Phonons

This fully updated second edition of The Physics of Phonons remains the most comprehensive theoretical discussion devoted to the study of phonons, a major area of condensed matter physics.

Gyaneshwar Srivastava is Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics at Exeter University, UK. His research has concentrated on theoretical and computational studies of the physics of phonons and electrons in crystalline solids, surfaces and nano-structures. He has collaborated with various physicists, both experimentalists and theorists, of international reputation. This has led to over 500 publications, including several review articles and three postgraduate books. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics; a Chartered Physicist; a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications; a Chartered Mathematician; a Fellow of UK’s Higher Education Institution; and an Outstanding Referee for APS journals.