LECTURE SCHEDULE PHY971
Spring 2008
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Jan 7 |
Mon |
Syllabus, Ch.1 (1-20) :
Drude Model |
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Jan 9 |
Wed |
Plasmons, Problem 4.1 on |
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Jan 14 |
Mon |
Thermal Conductivity, Wiedemann-Franz law, Seebeck effect |
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Jan 16 |
Wed |
Sommerfeld Model, Problem 1.1 (a)-(b) and 2.1 (a)-(b) (HW2) |
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Jan 21 |
Mon |
MKL Day |
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Jan 23 |
Wed |
No Class. Make up on Feb 1 at 12;15 pm |
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5 |
Jan 28 |
Mon |
Specific heat electron gas, Sommerfeld expansion |
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Jan 30 |
Wed |
Bravais Lattices. Problem 1.2
on 2 DEG (HW3) |
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Feb 1 |
Fri |
Lattice with Basis. Reciprocal Lattice. Problem 3.2 (a)+(b) (HW4) |
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8 |
Feb 4 |
Mon |
Brillouin Zone, X-ray scattering Problem 1.5 Mihaly book (HW5) (http://solidstate.physics.sunysb.edu/book/prob/index.html)
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Feb 6 |
Wed |
Structure form factor |
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Feb 11 |
Mon |
No class. Makeup Fri April 25. |
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10 |
Feb 13 |
Wed |
Bloch Theorem; Problem 5.2 (a+b+c) (HW6) |
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11 |
Feb 18 |
Mon |
Electrons in a weak periodic potential; Problem 3:10 Mihaly (HW7) |
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12 |
Feb 20 |
Wed |
Tight binding; Problem 3:12 Mihaly (HW8) |
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13 |
Feb 25 |
Mon |
Semiclassical Model |
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14 |
Feb 27 |
Wed |
Density of States; Problems 4.8 and 4.3 Mihaly (HW9) |
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Spring Break |
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15 |
Mar 10 |
Mon |
Beyond Independent electron approx, Hartree |
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16 |
Mar 12 |
Wed |
Hartree-Fock for free electron gas; Problem 17.2 (Ashcroft Mermin) (HW10) |
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17 |
Mar 17 |
Mon |
Screening, Thomas Fermi; Problem 17.3 (AM) (HW11) |
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Mar 19 |
Wed |
Density Functional Theory; Notes on DFT (J.L. Sham Quantum Mechanics) |
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Mar 24 |
Mon |
Review |
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Mar 26 |
Wed |
Midterm exam I |
L20 (MT1) |
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Mar 31 |
Mon |
Midterm, assigned as (individual) Homework # 12 Harmonic |
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22 |
Apr 2 |
Wed |
Acoustic and Optical, Longitudinal and Transversal modes. Problem 2.10 Mihaly (HW #13) |
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23 |
Apr 7 |
Mon |
Phonons, Debye and Einstein Models, Lattice contribution to Specific Heat |
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24 |
Apr 9 |
Wed |
Anharmonic effects, T dependence of thermal conductivity, electron-phonon interaction, T dependence electric conductivity, Problem 23.2 a+b+c, AM (HW #14) |
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Apr 14 |
Mon |
Review |
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Apr 16 |
Mon |
Midterm Exam II |
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27 |
Apr 21-Apr 23-Apr 25 |
Mon-Wed-Fri |
Presentations of individual projects |
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