The book is devoted to the quantum theory of elementary excitations in solids: phonons, polaritons, plasmons, quasi-electrons, excitons, polarons, a description of their interaction and the manifestation of the peculiarities of their behavior in the thermodynamic and statistical characteristics of solids. The influence of the dimension of the system on the laws of dispersion of elementary excitations is monitored. The effects of the influence of structural defects and their dimensions on the spectrum of elementary excitations in conditions of weak disorder of solids are considered.

For university students studying in the direction of “Applied Mathematics and Physics”, as well as for students studying in related fields and specialties in the field of natural sciences, engineering and technology. The book will be useful for scientists involved in research in the field of condensed matter physics.

2nd ed., additional. - St. Petersburg: Lan, 2016. - 448 p. — (Textbooks for universities. Special literature). — ISBN 978-5-8114-2061-2.

Literature on thermodynamics, physical and colloidal chemistry and related topics