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I'm studying quantum mechanics and I want to understand perfectly where the bands of the electronic sturcture come from. I've read that it is related with the periodic potential, Bloch waves and Kronig–Penney model but, honestly, I didn't understand it very well.

Can you recommend me some book that explains this topic, using all the topics I wrote above, in a more intuitive way rather than in a purely mathematical one? (Although a not too complex mathematical justification would be great, too).

Qmechanic
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Tendero
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I studied solid state physics last semester and we learned from "Solid State Physics" by Ashcroft and Mermin, but I assume that you can find these topics in every book about solid state physics.

Jakub Wagner
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Ascroft & Mermin is a really nice book. But along with it I have read Introduction to Solid State Physics by Charles Kittel which is a very thin book, does not contain much mathematics(skips a lot of steps in calculations) and suitable for the topics that you mentioned. Condensed Matter Physics by Michael P. Marder is also suitable.

I would suggest to start with Kittel and then for mathematics choose between Marder and Ascroft.

Jitendra
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