Physics 871: Solid State Physics
All exams: (3-4
problems) open book
and open notes (only your own)
Text: Solid State
Physics, by Mermin &. Ashcroft
Supplementary: Christman, Marder,
etc.
Grades: approximately 50% homework problems and 50%
exams
date
chapter
topics, main themes
problems due Fridays by 5pm
Aug 21
19, 20
Overview, What is a solid? Why is it solid?
Aug 27
4, 7
Lattices, Space groups, etc
homework 1
Sept 4
5, 6
Diffraction, Reciprocal lattice, Brillouin Zone
Sept 10
21-23; App D, F, L, M
Phonons, Lattice thermoelastic properties
homework 2
Sept 17
25, App O
Anharmonic effects, thermal conductivity, Grueneisen constant
Sept 24
24, 26; App N
Measure the phonon disperson: Phonon-neutron & phonon-photon scattering
homework 3
Oct 1
2, 18; App C
Free electron model, and its drawbacks
Oct 8
1, 3, 17, 26
Electron interactions; Hartree-Fock, screening, etc
Oct 12
Midterm (through phonons)
Oct 15
8-11, 15, 19; App K
Electrons in crystal lattices; Bloch theorem, band structure
homework 4
Oct 22
12-14, 16, 17; App E, H, M
Electron dynamics
Oct 29
27; App K
Dielectrics: screening and quasiparticles
Nov 5
28, 29
Semiconductors
Nov 12
31-33;App P
Magnetism
Nov 19
Thanksgiving
Nov 26
34
Superconductivity
homework 5
Dec 7
Final Exam
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