Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introductory discussion of the perovskites; 2 Review of the quantum mechanics of N- electron systems; 3 Empirical LCAO model; 4 LCAO energy band model for cubic perovskites; 5 Analysis of bands at symmetry points; 6 Density of states; 7 Optical properties of the d-band perovskites; 8 Photoemission from perovskites; 9 Surface states on d-band perovskites; 10 Distorted perovskites; 11 High-temperature superconductors; Appendix A Physical constants and the complete elliptic integral of the first kind; Appendix B The delta function
Summary
This is the first text devoted to a comprehensive theory of the solid-state properties of the perovskite family of oxides
