LECTURE SCHEDULE PHY971
Spring 2010
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DATE |
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TOPICS, |
REMARKS |
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Jan 11 |
Mon |
Syllabus, Drude Model |
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2 |
Jan 13 |
Wed |
Hall effect, AC Conductivity |
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3 |
Jan 15 |
Fri |
A&M Problems #1.1 and #1.4 (HW1) |
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Jan 18 |
Mon |
MLK Day |
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4 |
Jan 20 |
Wed |
Plasmons, Thermal conductivity |
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5 |
Jan 22 |
Fri |
A&M Problems #1.2 and #1.3 (HW2) |
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6 |
Jan 25 |
Mon |
Seebeck effect, Sommerfeld
model |
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Jan 27 |
Wed |
Specific Heat of electron gas |
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8 |
Jan 29 |
Fri |
A&M Problems #2.1 and #2.3
(HW3) |
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9 |
Feb 1 |
Mon |
Bravais Lattices |
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10 |
Feb 3 |
Wed |
Reciprocal Lattice |
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11 |
Feb 5 |
Fri |
A&M Problems #4.1 and #5.2 (HW4) |
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12 |
Feb 8 |
Mon |
X-Ray scattering |
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13 |
Feb 10 |
Wed |
Nearly free electrons |
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14 |
Feb 12 |
Fri |
Mihaly Martin Problems #1.4, #1.5, #1.6 (HW5) |
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Feb 15 |
Mon |
Gap opening at BZ boundaries |
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Feb 17 |
Wed |
Tight Binding |
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Feb 19 |
Fri |
Mihaly Martin #3.7 and Ashcroft Mermin #9.3 (HW6) |
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Feb 22 |
Mon |
The Semiclassical Model of Electron Dynamics |
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Feb 24 |
Wed |
Beyond the Independent Electron Approx |
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Feb 26 |
Fri |
Mihaly & Martin Problem #8.8: Bloch Oscillations (HW7) |
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21 |
Mar 2 |
Mon |
Review |
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Mar 3 |
Wed |
Midterm I |
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23 |
Mar 5 |
Fri |
Hartree-Fock approximation |
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Spring Break (Mon Mar 8- Fri Mar 12) |
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Mar 15 |
Mon |
A&M #17. 1 and # 17.2 Hartree/Hartree-Fock (HW8) |
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March Meeting (no Class on Wed Mar 17-Fri Mar 19) |
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Mar 22 |
Mon |
Screening |
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Mar 24 |
Wed |
Density Functional Theory |
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Mar 26 |
Fri |
A&M #17.3 and #17.4 (HW9) |
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28 |
Mar 29 |
Mon |
Classical Theory Harmonic |
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29 |
Mar 31 |
Wed |
Quantum Theory of Harmonic |
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30 |
Apr 2 |
Fri |
Mihaly & Martin Problems #2.10 & #2.12 Phonons (HW10) |
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31 |
Apr 5 |
Mon |
Debye Model |
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32 |
Apr 7 |
Wed |
Anharmonic Effects, Thermal conductivity |
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33 |
Apr 9 |
Fri |
A&M #23.2 Specific heat in d-dimensions (HW11) |
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34 |
Apr 12 |
Mon |
Review |
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35 |
Apr 14 |
Wed |
Midterm II |
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36 |
Apr 16 |
Fri |
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37 |
Apr 19 |
Mon |
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38 |
Apr 21 |
Wed |
Start Individual Presentations: List of
Topics and Instructions: Tim Evans River Huang |
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Apr 23 |
Fri |
Han, Tzong-Ru Terry Lu, Xu |
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Apr 26?? |
Mon |
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO APRIL
29 2:30PM-3:20PM |
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Apr 28 |
Wed |
Sun, Cheng Tao, Zhensheng |
L40 |
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Apr 29 |
Thursday 2:30-3:20pm |
Nie, Bai Pimcharoen, Kanokkorn |
L41 |
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Apr 30 |
Fri |
Wang, Ding Youngs, Michael David |
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