This robust form of carbon (C60) remains intact when cooled into a crystal.	This nice molecule (Mo8C12) only exists in gas phase. It reacts to make other compounds in condensed phases
course schedule midterm exam Wednesday Oct. 27 final exam Friday Dec. 17, 8-10:30am	Notes (pdf format)  Notes on chapter 1 Notes on chapter 2 linear response theory creation operators 2x2 matrix algebra (BCS)
assignment schedule Homework #1 due 9/13/04 Homework #2 due 9/22/04 Homework #3 due 10/4/04 Homework #4 due 10/18/04 Homework #5 due 11/10/04 Homework #6 due 11/24/04 Homework #7 due 12/01/04 Homework #8 due 12/10/04	Tat-Sang Choy's Fermi surface data base; periodic table of the Fermi surfaces.
book list	character tables of point group representations pedagogical examples of using character tables
	This Penrose tile is a 2-D example of a quasicrystal.  There is perfect long-range order and no periodicity in the normal sense.

Bulletin Description: This course concentrates on the basic notions of solid state physics, treated mostly within the single-particle approximation. Main topics include: crystal lattices and symmetries, reciprocal lattice and state counting, phonons, electron energy band theory, bonding and cohesion (semi-quantitatively), electron dynamics and electron transport in metals and semiconductors, screening, optical properties of solids, and an introduction to magnetism. Additional topics not mentioned in the bulletin description: superconductivity, a little nanophysics, and a tiny bit of surface physics.
 
 

Prerequisite:  It is assumed that students are familiar with quantum mechanics at the level of one semester of graduate quantum mechanics, or passage of the qualifying exam part I in physics, or a graduate level course in physical chemistry.  Similar knowledge of statistical mechanics and electromagnetism is expected.  A prior course in solid state physics is NOT a prerequisite, but students who have never studied this subject before should please buy a copy of Kittel's book "Introduction to Solid State Physics" and read the chapters in this book while PHY 555 covers the corresponding material at a more advanced level.

Syllabus for Fall 2004

I. Aims of the course:

II. Procedures and Requirements: There will be homework problems assigned (7-10 problem sets over the semester.)

III. Grading: A good, B passing; C unsatisfactory

IV Required text: G. Grosso and G. Pastori Parravicini, Solid State Physics (Academic Press, 2000)

V. Academic Honesty:  Discussions with fellow students are strongly encouraged, but work which is submitted for grading must be in your own words.  You should review the definition of plagiarism.

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