Physics 5337: Introduction to Solid State Physics
Syllabus
Jan 22 M Lecture # 1 - Evidence for crystals; Lattice and basis; Read Kittel Chapter 1: Crystal Structure
24 W Lecture # 2 - Bravias lattice, Point group, Space group.
26 F Lecture # 3 - sc,fcc,bcc,hcp; Primitive basis vectors; Primitive cells (p-cells); Wigner-Seitz cells
29 M Lecture # 4 - Miller indices, Miller planes.
31 W Lecture # 5 - Bragg diffraction (a.k.a. Bragg scattering, Bragg "reflection"); Read Kittel Chapter 2: Wave Diffraction and the Reciprocal Lattice
Feb 2 F Lecture # 6 - Reciprocal lattice, k-space, First Brillouin zone.
5 M Lecture # 7 - Fourier series.
7 W Lecture # 8 - Fourier series; Read Kittel Chapter 3: Crystal Binding and Elastic Constants (skim lightly pp 73-84)
9 F Lecture # 9 - Diffraction conditions, Laue equations; Ewald construction, Structure factor.
12 M Lecture #10 - van der Waals-London dispersion force
14 W Lecture #11 - vdW binding of noble gas crystals, cohesive energy, Lennard-Jones 6-12 potential, L-J lattice sums
16 F Lecture #12 - Ionic binding, lattice energy, Madelung constant
19 M Lecture #13 - Ionic binding
21 W Lecture #14 - Bulk modulus calculation
23 F Lecture #15 - Bulk modulus calculation
26 M Lecture #16 - Exchange interaction
28 W Lecture #17 - Exchange interaction
Mar 2 F Lecture #18 - Read Kittel Chapter 4: Phonons I Crystal Vibrations
5 M Lecture #19 - Midterm exam
7 W Lecture #20 - Longitudinal and transverse waves, difference equation, Fourier transform, dispersion relation
9 F Lecture #21 - Multi-atom basis, Acoustic and optical branches of the dispersion relation
12 M Spring Break
14 W Spring Break
16 F Spring Break
19 M Lecture #22 - Read Kittel Chapter 5: Phonons II Thermal Properties, Planck distribution, Bosons
21 W Lecture #23 - Phonon heat capacity, Einstein particle in cage, Debye model, Density of states
23 F Lecture #24 -
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Chapter 10: Superconductivity
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