LECTURE SCHEDULE PHY971

Spring 2007
 

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DATE

DAY

TOPICS, READING AND GROUP ASSIGNMENTS

REMARKS

1

Jan 8

Mon

Syllabus, Ch.1 (1-20) : Drude Model

L1

2

Jan 10

Wed

Ch. 1 (Finish): Thermal Conductivity. Group Assignments: Ex.(1.4)

L2

 

Jan 15

Mon

MLK Day

 

3

Jan 17

Wed

Ch. 2 (All): Sommerfeld Model

L3

4

Jan 22

 Mon

Ch.2: Sommerfeld expansion. GA: Ex. 1.2, 1.3, 2.1.

L4

5

Jan 24

Wed

Ch. 3 (All), Ch. 4 (All): Crystal Lattices

L5

6

Jan 29

Mon

Ch.5 (All) Reciprocal Lattice GA: Ex. 5.2

L6

7

Jan 31

Wed

Ch. 6 (All) X-ray diffraction GA: Ex. 6.1, 6.2

L7

8

Feb 5

Mon

Ch.8 (All) Bloch theorem GA: Ex 8.1

L8

9

Feb 7

Wed

Ch. 9 (152-162) Weak potential

L9

10

Feb 12

Mon

No class

 

11

Feb 14

Wed

Midterm 1

 

12

Feb 19

Mon

Ch. 10 (176-184) Tight binding 

L10

13

Feb 21

Wed

Ch.12 (214-233) The Semiclassical model

L11

14

Feb 26

Mon

Ch.21+Ch.22 Harmonic Crystal

Reading Assignments: Ch. 15+Ch. 19

L12

15

Feb 28

Wed

Ch. 23 Phonons, Einstein Model

L13

 

 

 

Spring Break

 

16

Mar 12

Mon

Ch. 23 Debye Model, Ch.25 lattice thermal conductivity, Umklapp processes (495-505).

L14

17

Mar 14

Wed

Ch.26 Electron-phonon scattering, Resistivity of Metals (523-526)

L15

18

Mar 19

Mon

Ch. 27 Dielectric properties of insulators. Local Field Model, Polarizability (534-547)

L16

19

Mar 21

Wed

Ch. 27 Optical Properties Ionic Crystals

L17

20

Mar 26

Mon

Review

L18

21

Mar 28

Wed

Review

L19

22

Apr 2

Mon

Midterm 2

 

23

Apr 4

Wed

Ch. 28 Semiconductors

L20

24

Apr 9

Mon

Optical properties of Semiconductors

L21

25

Apr 11

Wed

Wannier and Frenkel Excitons

L22

26

Apr 16

Mon

Magnetism in solids, Curie’s law, Pauli Paramagnetism, H2 molecule and Heisenberg

Ch.31+Ch32

L23

27

Apr 18

Wed

Individual Projects

 

28

Apr 23

Mon

Individual Projects

 

29

Apr 25

Wed

Individual Projects

 

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