Phys742: (Spring 2004)
Condensed Matter Physics II

Course calendar:

There is a brief description of the content for each lecture, together with links to handouts (HW, etc). The references (in red) point to parts in the text and reference books that may be helpful in complementing your lecture notes. The names of the main references are:
              Mar: Mardar, "Condensend Matter Physics", textbook
              A&M: Ashcroft and Mermin, Solid State Physics
              SSS: The Solid State Simulation Project
                     R. H. Silsbee and J. Draeger, 
                     Simulations for Solid State Physics, 
                     Cambridge University Press, 1997
M 1/26 W&M closed.
W 1/28
  • General information.

  • Introduction to transport; Drude model
        -  A&M, Chap 1, Chap 3; Mar, Sec 16.1 
  • M 2/2
  • SSS 'drude'
  • Sommerfeld theory
        -  A&M, Chap 2, Chap 3 
        -  Review materials: Mar, Chap 6 
  • W 2/4
  • Sommerfeld theory
        -  A&M, Chap 2, Chap 3 
    -- Homework Assignment 1 out.
  • M 2/9
  • Sommerfeld theory
        -  A&M, Chap 2, Chap 3 
  • SSS 'somer'
  • W 2/11
  • Dynamics of Bloch electrons
        -  A&M, Chap 12; Mar, Chap 16 
  • M 2/16
  • Dynamics of Bloch electrons
        -  A&M, Chap 12; Mar, Chap 16 
        -  Review materials: SSS 'bloch' 
  • W 2/18
  • SSS 'ziman'
  • Semiclassical theory of conduction in metals
        -  A&M, Chap 13; Mar, Chap 17 
  • M 2/23
  • SSS 'peierls'
  • Semiclassical theory of conduction in metals
        -  A&M, Chap 13; Mar, Chap 17 
  • W 2/26
  • Semiclassical theory of conduction in metals
        -  A&M, Chap 13; Mar, Chap 17 
  • W 3/3
  • Going beyond the relaxation time appr.
        -  A&M, Chap 16; Mar, Sec's 18.1 and 18.2 
    -- Homework Assignment 2 out.
  • F 3/5
  • Going beyond the relaxation time appr.
        -  A&M, Chap 16; Mar, Sec's 18.1 and 18.2 
  • Beyond the independent electron appr. --- Fermi liquid theory.
        -  A&M, Chap 17 (p345-351); Mar, Sec 17.5 
  • M 3/8 Spring Break
    W 3/10
    M 3/15
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    W 3/17
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    M 3/22
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    W 3/24
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    M 3/29
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    W 3/31
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    M 4/5
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    W 4/7
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    M 4/12
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    W 4/14
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    M 4/19
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    W 4/21
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    M 4/26
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    W 4/28
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    Created by: Shiwei Zhang [JAN. 2004]