LECTURE SCHEDULE PHY971

Spring 2009

L	DATE	DAY	TOPICS, READING AND GROUP ASSIGNMENTS	REMARKS
1	Jan 12	Mon	Syllabus, Drude model	L1
2	Jan 14	Wed	Drude Model: Hall effect, AC Conductivity	L2
3	Jan 16	Fri	Problems 1.1 and 1.4 A&M	L3
	Jan 19	Mon	MLK Day
4	Jan 21	Wed	Thermal conductivity	L4
5	Jan 23	Fri	Problems 1.2 and 1.3 A&M	L5
6	Jan 26	Mon	Seebeck effect, Sommerfeld Model	L6
7	Jan 28	Wed	Sommerfeld expansion	L7
8	Jan 30	Fri	A&M Problems 2.1 and 2.3 (a and b only)	L8
9	Feb 2	Mon	Bravais Lattices	L9, M1
10	Feb 4	Wed	Lattices with a basis	L10
11	Feb 6	Fri	A&M Problems 4.1 and 5.2	L11
12	Feb 9	Mon	X-ray scattering. Bragg planes	L12
13	Feb 11	Wed	Structure form. Bloch theorem	L13
14	Feb 13	Fri	Mihaly & Martin. Problems 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6	L14, Fleming
15	Feb 15	Mon	Nearly Free electron Approximation	L15
16	Feb 18	Wed	Metals and Insulators	L16
17	Feb 20	Fri	Mihaly & Martin Problem 3.7 Ashcroft & Mermin 9.3	L17
18	Feb 23	Mon	No Class	L18
19	Feb 25	Wed	Tight Binding	L19
20	Feb 27	Fri	Mihaly & Martin Problems 3.11, 3.12, 3.13	L20
21	Mar 2	Mon	Review: Midterm 08 + Semiclassical approximation	L21
22	Mar 4	Wed	Midterm I	L22, MT1
23	Mar 6	Fri	Correction Midterm I, Bloch Oscillations	L23, SOLMT1
			Spring Break (Mon Mar 9- Fri Mar 13)
			No class: March Meeting (Mon Mar 16- Wed Mar 18) Makeup class on May 8th
24	Mar 20	Fri	Mihaly & Martin Problem 8.8 on Bloch Oscillations	L24
25	Mar 23	Mon	Beyond Independent Electron Approximation	L25
26	Mar 25	Wed	Hartree-Fock in free electron gas	L26
27	Mar 27	Fri	Ashcroft and Mermin Problems 17.1 and 17.2	L27
28	Mar 30	Mon	Screening, Thomas-Fermi Approximation	L28
29	Apr 1	Wed	Density Functional Theory, Reading material: Sec 13.5 (from L.J. Sham, Notes on Quantum Mechanics)	L29
30	Apr 3	Fri	Ashcroft and Mermin: Problem 17.3 on screening	L30
31	Apr 6	Mon	Classical Theory of the Harmonic Crystal	L31
32	Apr 8	Wed	Acoustic and optical modes	L32
33	Apr 10	Fri	Mihaly and Martin Problem 2.10	L33
34	Apr 13	Mon	Review	L34
35	Apr 15	Wed	Midterm II	L35
36	Apr 17	Fri	Einstein and Debye Models for the specific heat	L36
37	Apr 20	Mon	Correction Midterm II Anharmonic effects Thermal conductivity (ionic contribution)	L37
38	Apr 22	Wed	Electron-phonon interaction, Temperature dependence of resistivity in metals	L38
39	Apr 24	Fri	Dielectric properties of Insulators	L39
40	Apr 27	Mon	Project presentations (2 students): spintronics, magnetism	L40
41	Apr 29	Wed	Project presentations (2 students): superconductivity, electron diffraction	L41
42	May 1	Fri	Project presentations (2 students): graphene, quantum Hall effect	L42
43	May 8	Makeup class Fri 10:00am-12:00pm	Project presentations (4 students) nanotubes, quantum dots, quantum wells, fullerenes

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