Lecture topics and lecture notes for Phys7440 Fa12
(check frequently for changes!)
| Lecture |
Date |
Topics | Lecture Notes | Reading in Ashcroft & Mermin |
| 1 |
Mon. Aug. 27 | Introduction |
Intro | Nothing - it's the first lecture! |
| 2 |
Wed. Aug. 29 | Crystal structure |
Crystal structure | A&M Chapter 4 |
| 3 |
Fri. Aug. 31 | Continue crystal structure |
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| 4 |
Wed. Sep. 5 | Finish crystal structure, begin scattering |
Scattering | A&M Chapters 5 and 6 |
| 5 |
Fri. Sep. 7 | Continue scattering |
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| 6 | Mon. Sep. 10 | Continue scattering | ||
| 7 | Wed. Sep. 12 | Reciprocal lattice | Reciprocal lattice | |
| 8 | Fri. Sep. 14 | Scattering from a lattice with basis. Space groups and point groups. | A&M Chapter 7 | |
| 9 | Mon. Sep. 17 | Lattice vibrations | Lattice vibrations | A&M Chapter 22&23 |
| 10 | Wed. Sep. 19 | |||
| 11 | Fri. Sep. 21 | |||
| 12 |
Mon. Sep. 24 | 3d lattice vibrations | 3d lattice vibrations |
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| 13 | Wed. Sep. 26 | Thermal lattice vibrations | Thermal lattice vibrations | |
| 14 | Fri. Sep. 28 | Continue thermal lattice vibrations | ||
| 15 | Mon. Oct. 1 | ... | ||
| 16 | Wed. Oct. 3 | Phonons: quantum lattice vibrations. Phonon contribution to specific heat. | Quantum lattice vibrations | |
| 17 | Fri. Oct. 5 | Free Fermi gas | Free Fermi gas (T=0) | |
| 18 | Mon. Oct. 8 | More free Fermi gas | Free Fermi gas (non-zero T) | |
| 19 | Wed. Oct. 10 | More free Fermi gas | ||
| 20 | Fri. Oct. 12 | Begin transport | Transport 1 | A&M Chapter 1 |
| 21 | Mon. Oct. 15 | Continue transport | ||
| 22 | Wed. Oct. 17 | ... | ||
| 23 | Fri. Oct 19 | Calculation of physical transport quantities | Transport 2 | |
| 24 | Mon. Oct. 22 | ... | ||
| 25 | Wed. Oct. 24 | Thermal transport | Thermal transport | |
| 26 | Fri. Oct. 26 | Start band structure | Band structure and Bloch's theorem | A&M Chapter 8 |
| 27 | Mon. Oct. 29 | |||
| 28 | Wed. Oct. 31 | Nearly free electron band structure | Nearly free electrons | A&M Chapter 9 |
| 29 | Fri. Nov. 2 | |||
| 30 | Mon. Nov. 5 | |||
| 31 | Wed. Nov. 7 | Tight-binding band structure | Tight-binding | A&M Chapter 10 |
| 32 | Fri. Nov. 9 | |||
| 33 | Mon. Nov. 12 | Tight-binding band structure of La2CuO4 | ||
| 34 | Wed. Nov. 14 | Band electron transport | Band electron transport | A&M Chapter 12 |
| 35 | Fri. Nov. 16 | |||
| 36 | Mon. Nov. 26 | |||
| 37 | Wed. Nov. 28 | Band electron transport in magnetic field | Band electron transport in B-field | |
| 38 | Fri. Nov. 30 | |||
| 39 | Mon. Dec. 3 | Quantum oscillations | Quantum oscillations | |
| 40 | Wed. Dec. 5 | |||
| 41 | Fri. Dec. 7 | Semiconductors | Semiconductors | |
| 42 | Wed. Dec. 12 | |||
| 43 | Fri. Dec. 14 | Integer quantum Hall effect | IQHE | |
| 44 | Mon. Dec. 17 | |||