LECTURE SCHEDULE PHY491
FALL 2007
RM=Reading Material, GW=Group Work, HW= Homework, L=Lecture notes
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DATE |
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TOPICS |
REMARKS |
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Aug 27 |
Mon |
Syllabus, Group Contract |
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2 |
Aug 31 |
Wed |
Hydrogen atom, CM-relative motion separation for two body problem, Coulomb units, method of separation of variables for PDE, quantum well excitons |
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Sep 3 |
Mon |
Labor Day |
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3 |
Sep 5 |
Wed |
Hydrogen, Relativistic Effects |
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Sept 10 |
Mon |
No Class (Makeup on Fri Nov 9th 1:40pm -2:55pm) |
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4 |
Sept 12 |
Wed |
Many electron atoms, Hund’s rules |
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5 |
Sept 17 |
Mon |
Magnetic properties, Larmor diamagnetism, Paramagnetism |
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6 |
Sept 19 |
Wed |
Van Vleck paramagnetism, Born-Oppenheimer approximation, H2+ molecule |
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7 |
Sept 24 |
Mon |
Molecular orbitals, Hund-Mulliken and Heitler-London for H2 |
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8 |
Sept 26 |
Wed |
Electronic configuration of biatomic molecules |
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9 |
Oct 1 |
Mon |
Review |
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10 |
Oct 3 |
Wed |
Midterm Exam I |
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11 |
Oct 8 |
Mon |
Crystal Lattices, BCC, FCC, Bravais Lattices, Wigner Seitz unit cell (Chap. 4, Ashcroft-Mermin) |
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12 |
Oct 10 |
Wed |
Hexagonal lattices. Lattices with basis. |
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13 |
Oct 15 |
Mon |
Reciprocal Lattice, Brillouin
Zone (Chap. 5, Ashcroft-Mermin, all) |
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14 |
Oct 17 |
Wed |
X-Ray Scattering, Ewald’s construction (Chap. 6) |
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15 |
Oct 22 |
Mon |
Structure Factor (Chap. 6), Bloch theorem (Chap 8, no proofs) |
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16 |
Oct 24 |
Wed |
Crystal Momentum, Band folding (Chap. 8) |
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17 |
Oct 29 |
Mon |
Nearly free electrons, metals and insulators ( Chap. 9: 152-162) |
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18 |
Oct 31 |
Wed |
Tight binding, density of states (Chap 10 176-183) |
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19 |
Nov 5 |
Mon |
Classic Harmonic Crystal (Chap 22: 422 443) |
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20 |
Nov 7 |
Wed |
Quantum Harmonic |
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21 |
Nov 9 |
Fri |
Einstein and Debye Models ( Chap 23) |
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22 |
Nov 11 |
Mon |
Review |
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23 |
Nov 14 |
Wed |
Midterm Exam II |
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24 |
Nov 19 |
Mon |
Transport properties |
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25 |
Nov 21 |
Wed |
Homework 5 in class |
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26 |
Nov 26 |
Mon |
Semiconductors |
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27 |
Nov 28 |
Wed |
Semiconductor Nanostructures |
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28 |
Dec 3 |
Mon |
Classical and Quantum Hall effect |
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29 |
Dec 5 |
Wed |
Review |
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Dec 12 |
Wed |
(12:45pm-2:45pm) FINAL EXAM |
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