LECTURE SCHEDULE PHY971

Spring 2010
 

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DATE

DAY

TOPICS, READING AND GROUP ASSIGNMENTS

REMARKS

1

Jan 11

Mon

Syllabus, Drude Model

L1

2

Jan 13

Wed

Hall effect, AC Conductivity

L2

3

Jan 15

Fri

A&M Problems #1.1 and #1.4 (HW1)

L3

 

Jan 18

Mon

MLK Day

 

4

Jan 20

Wed

Plasmons, Thermal conductivity

L4

5

Jan 22

Fri

A&M Problems #1.2 and #1.3 (HW2)

L5

6

Jan 25

Mon

Seebeck effect, Sommerfeld model

L6

7

Jan 27

Wed

Specific Heat of electron gas

L7

8

Jan 29

Fri

A&M Problems #2.1 and #2.3 (HW3)

L8

9

Feb 1

Mon

Bravais Lattices

L9

10

Feb 3

Wed

Reciprocal Lattice

L10

11

Feb 5

Fri

A&M Problems #4.1 and #5.2 (HW4)

L11

12

Feb 8

Mon

X-Ray scattering

L12

13

Feb 10

Wed

Nearly free electrons

L13

14

Feb 12

Fri

Mihaly Martin Problems #1.4, #1.5, #1.6 (HW5)

L14

15

Feb 15

Mon

Gap opening at BZ boundaries

L15

16

Feb 17

Wed

Tight Binding

L16

17

Feb 19

Fri

Mihaly Martin #3.7 and Ashcroft Mermin #9.3 (HW6)

L17

18

Feb 22

Mon

The Semiclassical Model of Electron Dynamics

L18

19

Feb 24

Wed

Beyond the Independent Electron Approx

L19

20

Feb 26

Fri

Mihaly & Martin Problem #8.8: Bloch Oscillations (HW7)

L20

21

Mar 2

Mon

Review

L21

22

Mar 3

Wed

Midterm I

L22

23

Mar 5

Fri

Hartree-Fock approximation

L23

 

 

 

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)

L24

 

 

 

March Meeting (no Class on Wed Mar 17-Fri Mar 19)

 

25

Mar 22

Mon

Screening

L25

26

Mar 24

Wed

Density Functional Theory

L26

DFT Notes

27

Mar 26

Fri

A&M #17.3 and #17.4 (HW9)

L27

28

Mar 29

Mon

Classical Theory Harmonic Crystal

L28

29

Mar 31

Wed

Quantum Theory of Harmonic Crystal

L29

30

Apr 2

Fri

Mihaly & Martin Problems #2.10 & #2.12 Phonons (HW10)

L30

31

Apr 5

Mon

Debye Model

L31

32

Apr 7

Wed

Anharmonic Effects, Thermal conductivity

L32

33

Apr 9

Fri

A&M  #23.2 Specific heat in d-dimensions (HW11)

L33

34

Apr 12

Mon

Review

L34

35

Apr 14

Wed

Midterm II

L35

36

Apr 16

Fri

 

L36

37

Apr 19

Mon

 

L37

38

Apr 21

Wed

Start Individual Presentations:

 

List of Topics and Instructions:

 

Tim Evans

River Huang

L38

39

Apr 23

Fri

 

 

Han, Tzong-Ru Terry

Lu, Xu

L39

 

Apr 26??

Mon

THIS CLASS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 29

2:30PM-3:20PM

 

40

Apr 28

Wed

Sun, Cheng

Tao, Zhensheng

L40

41

Apr 29

Thursday 2:30-3:20pm

Nie, Bai

Pimcharoen, Kanokkorn

L41

42

Apr 30

Fri

Wang, Ding

Youngs, Michael David

L42

43

 

 

 

 

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