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Physics
551, Fall
2012: Solid State Physics
Textbook: "Solid
State Physics" by Ashcroft and Mermin
Lecture notes are in this folder.
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Schedule (subject to change)
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Textbook
reading.
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| Week 1 |
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Wed.
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09/05
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Introduction
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Fri.
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09/07
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The Drude
Theory: conductivity
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Ch. 1.
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| Week 2 |
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| Mon. |
09/10
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The Drude Theory:
Hall Effect and Thermal Conductivity
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Ch.
1
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| Wed. |
09/12
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The Sommerfeld Theory: Fermi
statistics, internal energy
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Ch.
2
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| Fri. |
09/14 |
The Sommerfeld
Theory:conduction and Wiedemann-Franz law |
Ch.
2
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| Week 3 |
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Mon.
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09/17
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TBD
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| Wed. |
09/19
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Crystal lattices. |
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| Fri. |
09/21 |
Reciprocal lattice. |
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Week 4
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| Mon. |
09/24
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X-Ray diffraction.
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| Wed. |
09/26
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Bloch's theorem
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| Fri. |
09/28
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Nearly free
electrons
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Week 5
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Mon.
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10/01
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Wed.
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10/03
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| Fri. |
10/05
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Week 6
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| Mon. |
10/10
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| Wed. |
10/12
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| Fri. |
10/14
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Week 7
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Mon.
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10/17
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| Wed. |
10/19
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| Fri. |
10/21
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Week 8
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| Mon. |
10/24
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| Wed. |
10/26
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| Fri. |
10/28
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| Week 9 |
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| Mon. |
10/31
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| Wed. |
11/02
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| Fri. |
11/04
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| Week 10 |
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| Mon. |
11/07
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| Wed. |
11/09
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| Fri. |
11/11
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Week 11
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| Mon. |
11/14
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| Wed. |
11/16
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| Fri. |
11/18
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| Week 12 |
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| Mon. |
11/21
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| Wed. |
11/23
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| Fri. |
11/25
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| Week 13 |
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| Mon. |
11/28
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| Wed. |
11/30
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| Fri. |
12/02
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| Week 14 |
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| Mon. |
12/05
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| Wed. |
12/07
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| Fri. |
12/09
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| Week 15 |
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Mon.
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12/12
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Wed.
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12/14
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