Fys 208.

Solid State Physics

List of Topics
Introduction

Crystal Structure, Lattice (Gitter in Norw.) vibrations Crystals as "huge molecules" Quantum Mechanics.....

The Dynamics of Lattice vibrations, Thermic properties of Solids

Dispersion relations ( and normal modes) for a string (one dimensional 'crystal') Heat capacity, Einstein's model, Heat capacity, Debye's model Heat conduction Phonons Anharmonic Effects, Umklapp process; Thermal Expansion

Electrons in Metals: Classical and Fermi Gas

Classical Gas: Drude's Model: Relation between electic and thermal Conductivity Fermi Gas: Fermi Gas Model, Density of States, Fermi Energy Quantal Theory for Heat capacity of Electrons

Electrons in crystals: Band Theory

Blochs Theorem Details of Fourier analysis for construction of Bloch States LCAO

1-dimensional models Weak potential models Number of states in a band; Metals, Insulators Semiconductors 3-dimensional models

Electrons in crystals: Electron Dynamics

Equations of Motion, Effective Mass; Effective Mass and Density of States

Metals; Fermi Surface

Electron Motion in Magnetic field, Importance of Fermi Surface Temperature dependence of electric conductivity. Polycrystalline structure of metals

Semiconductors

Energy Gap; Number of states in a Band Density of Charge Carrires: Electrons and Holes Law of Mass Action (massevirkningsloven) Analogy with Chemistry Impurities; Donors and Acceptors; Impurity states Mobilities The physics of the p-n junction

Hall Effect

Hall effect in conductors Hall effect in semiconductors

Magnetic Phenomena

Diamagnetism; Quantal derivation Paramagnetism; Paramagnetism of Electrons in Metals Cooperative Magnetism

Ferromagnetism

Heisenberg Ferromagnet Mean Field Theory: Spontaneous magnetization, Hysteresis

Superconductivity

Basic principles, Meissner Effect Illustrative Models, Correlated states Superconductivity and Magnetism; Quantization of magnetic Flux Type I, Type II and high T superconductors

Details of Crystal Structure

Crystal Symmetry; Unit cells, Wigner-Seitz; Brillouin; Miller indices Types of Lattices

Crystal Structure and X-ray Diffraction

Braggs Law; von Lau's methods; Ewald's Sphere Neutron Diffraction Diffraction: Experimental methods

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