Condensed Matter
II
at Sharif University of
Technology
| Condensed Matter Physics II (Spring-2017) | HW |
| Saturday and Monday 10:30 - 12:15, location: F513 (5th floor physics dept.) | |
| Assessment |
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| Topics: | |
| Dynamics of Bloch electrons | |
| Transport and thermoelectric phenomena | |
| Fermi liquid theory | |
| Microscopic theory of conduction (Weak scattering, Metal-insulator transitions and localization) | |
| Semiconductor physics and p-n junctions | |
| Phenomenological theory of optical conductivity | |
| Optical properties of insulators, metals and semiconductors | |
| Classical theory of magnetism | |
| Magnetism of ions and electrons, Hund's rules | |
| Quantum Hall effect | |
| Quantum theory of magnetism (Heisenberg model, Hubbard model, Kondo effect and spin wave theory) | |
| Superconductivity | |
| References: | |
| 1- Michael Marder, "Condensed Matter Physics" (Wiley 2010). | |
| 2- G. Grosso and G. P. Parravicini, "Solid State Physics" (Academic Press 2013). | |
| 3- G. F. Giuliani and G. Vignale, “Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid” (Cambridge Uni. press 2005) | |
| 4- N. W. Ashkroft and N. D. Mermin, "Solid State Physics" (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1976). | |
| 5- P. M. Chaikin and T. C. Lubensky, "Principles of condensed matter physics"(Cambridge University Press, 1995). | |
| Assessment: | |
| Homeworks (%70) Final exam (%30) schedule will be given by educational affairs |