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2021 January Semester
Apr 24, 2024 |
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| PHYS 720 - Condensed Matter Physics | ||
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Theory and application of solid state physics to macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in materials. Topics to be chosen from the following: review of crystal lattices, unit cells, reciprocal lattice, Bloch theorem; free and nearly free electron models, tight binding model; band structure and Fermi surfaces, electron dynamics, scattering; metals, semiconductors and insulators; phonons, phonon bandstructure, scattering; diamagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, magnetic ordering and scattering; heterostructures, quantum Hall effect; topics in surface physics (surface states, work function, reconstruction); topics in superconductivity (Type I & Type II, flux quantization, Josephson Effect, BCS Theory, high-temperature superconductivity).
Credits: 3.000 Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate
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