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- | ====== General Information for PH575, Spring | + | ====== General Information for PH575, Spring |
- | This course is intended to provide an introduction to the physics of condensed matter for graduate students in physics, chemistry and engineering areas in which materials science is important. Senior undergraduates in physics will also find the course quite accessible. Topics | + | This course is intended to provide an introduction to the physics of condensed matter for graduate students in physics, chemistry and engineering areas in which materials science is important. Senior undergraduates in physics will also find the course quite accessible. Topics include the theoretical basis of the electronic structure of solids, viewed from the real-space perspective of the interactions between atoms; the free electron description and physical properties of electrically conducting materials; semiconductors; |
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+ | **Detailed syllabus** is found at [[http:// | ||
===== Times, Dates and Locations ===== | ===== Times, Dates and Locations ===== | ||
* Class meets MWF at 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm in WGR 304 | * Class meets MWF at 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm in WGR 304 | ||
- | * Midterm 1 - Monday 4/2x/11; Midterm 2 - Friday 5/2x/11, both in class. | + | * Midterm 1 - Friday week 5; Midterm 2 - Wednesday week 8, both in class. |
- | * The [[http:// | + | * The [[http:// |
- | * The [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/events-SSO|Solid State and Optics Seminar]] | + | |
- | * The [[http:// | + | |
===== Instructors ===== | ===== Instructors ===== | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
- | * Office hours: | + | * [[http:// |
- | * TA: Daniel Gruss grussd at onid.orst.edu | + | * TA: Eric Krebs |
- | * Jason Vielma, vielmaj at onid.orst.edu, | + | * Jason Vielma, vielmaj at onid.orst.edu, |
===== Blackboard for email list & grades: ===== | ===== Blackboard for email list & grades: ===== | ||
* Blackboard' | * Blackboard' | ||
* Homework and test grades will be posted on Blackboard. Please inform me of any recording errors. | * Homework and test grades will be posted on Blackboard. Please inform me of any recording errors. | ||
- | * I will use the official university email list in Blackboard to make general announcements. You can use it to email the class, too. I will try not to use it very much, but it is useful for clearing up things left hanging in class, fixing typos, confirming dates, etc. Please make sure email is forwarded from your onid account to the email account you normally use. | + | * I will use the official university email list in Blackboard to make general announcements. You can use it to email the class, too. I will try not to use it very much, but it is useful for clearing up things left hanging in class, fixing typos, confirming dates, |
===== Course Evaluation ===== | ===== Course Evaluation ===== | ||
- | Homework - 25%; Midterm 1 - 20%; Band structure computation | + | * Homework - 15% |
+ | * Midterm 1 - 25% | ||
+ | * Paper & poster (" | ||
+ | * Final exam - 30%; comprehensive, | ||
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+ | Exam and midterm topics may be discussed in lectures, assigned for homework, or for reading. | ||
===== Homework ===== | ===== Homework ===== | ||
- | There will be about 6 homework sets, due roughly every 1-2 weeks. | + | There will be about 6 homework sets, due roughly every 1-2 weeks. |
- | **Please make a copy of your solution for your own use before you turn it in**. This will allow you to compare to the solutions immediately. | + | **Please make a copy of your solution for your own use before you turn it in**. This will allow you to compare to the posted |
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- | ===== Midterm & Final exams ===== | ||
- | There is one in-class midterm exam on topics covered in the first part of the course. | ||
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- | ===== Computation of band structure (Midterm 2) ===== | ||
- | One of the goals of the course is to become familiar with modern computational software that allows one to solve difficult problems. | ||
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- | You will present the results of your computation at a poster session in the Midterm 2 time slot. You should not go to great expense to generate the posters; 8.5" by 11" sheets pasted to thin poster board will be fine. The total size is limited to about half the size of a whiteboard in WGR 304. Text and diagrams should explain your calculations, | ||
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- | The idea is to take this project as far as you can beyond the minimum specified above. | ||
===== Course Outcomes ===== | ===== Course Outcomes ===== | ||
- | Add specifics | + | Upon completion |
- | + | - Calculate the band structure of simple structures analytically, and interpret | |
- | ===== Ground Rules ===== | + | - Compute the band structure of a real material using modern software. |
- | Science is inherently a social and collaborative effort, each scientist building on the work of others. Nevertheless, each student must ultimately be responsible for his or her own education. Therefore, you are expected to abide by a number of ground rules: | + | - State and predict the responses of metals, semiconductors |
- | + | - Describe magnetism | |
- | * We encourage students to work with classmates, other students, and the faculty. | + | - Apply band structure knowledge |
- | * Homework solutions from previous years are very strictly off-limits. You are on your honor not to use them, and never to share your homework solutions with other students, now or in the future. | + | |
- | * Sources must be appropriately documented. If you follow a line of reasoning from another text, reference it properly (it will help you locate the resource later, too). If someone else helps you solve a problem, reference that too. In a research paper, the appropriate reference would be: Jane Doe, (private communication). | + | |
- | * Plagiarism - representing someone else's work as your own - is unethical, but collaboration and exchange | + | |
- | * It is very important | + | |
===== Texts ===== | ===== Texts ===== | ||
Older editions of listed textbooks are usually OK (check with instructor), | Older editions of listed textbooks are usually OK (check with instructor), | ||
- | * (S) Sutton, A.P., Electronic Structure of Materials, Oxford, 1993. ISBN 0-19-851754-8 | + | * REQUIRED: |
- | EITHER | + | |
- | * (K) Kittel, C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th edition (Recommended) 7th edition on reserve. | + | |
- | OR | + | |
- | * (AM) Ashcroft and Mermin, Solid State Physics (graduate text; the standard) | + | |
- | If you choose not to purchase | + | * RECOMMENDED: |
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+ | * ALSO: (Mc) McIntyre, D. H., Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley, 2012. Ch.15 is particularly relevant. | ||
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+ | If you choose not to purchase | ||
On reserve: see http:// | On reserve: see http:// | ||
- | * (S) Sutton, A. P., | + | * (S) Sutton, A. P., Electronic Structure of Materials, QC176.8.E4 S875 1993 |
- | * (AM) Ashcroft, N.A. and Mermin, N.D., Solid State Physics, QC176 .A83 (graduate text; the standard) | + | * (AM) Ashcroft, N.W. and Mermin, N.D., Solid State Physics, QC176 .A83 (graduate text; the standard) |
* (H) Harrison, W.A., Electronic Structure and the properties of solids, | * (H) Harrison, W.A., Electronic Structure and the properties of solids, | ||
* (K) Kittel, C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7th ed, QC176 .K5 1996 | * (K) Kittel, C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7th ed, QC176 .K5 1996 | ||
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* (R) Rosenberg, H., The Solid State, QC176 .R67 1988 (Undergraduate level) | * (R) Rosenberg, H., The Solid State, QC176 .R67 1988 (Undergraduate level) | ||
* (RH) Hoffman, Roald, Solids and surfaces : a chemist' | * (RH) Hoffman, Roald, Solids and surfaces : a chemist' | ||
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- | Other | ||
- | * An Introductory Modern Physics text (e.g. Krane, Modern Physics, used for PH314). (review and summary of quantum waves) | ||
===== OSU Library ===== | ===== OSU Library ===== | ||
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Accommodations are collaborative efforts between students, faculty and Disability Access Services (DAS). Students with accommodations approved through DAS are responsible for contacting the faculty member in charge of the course prior to or during the first week of the term to discuss accommodations. Students who believe they are eligible for accommodations but who have not yet obtained approval through DAS should contact DAS immediately at 541-737-4098. | Accommodations are collaborative efforts between students, faculty and Disability Access Services (DAS). Students with accommodations approved through DAS are responsible for contacting the faculty member in charge of the course prior to or during the first week of the term to discuss accommodations. Students who believe they are eligible for accommodations but who have not yet obtained approval through DAS should contact DAS immediately at 541-737-4098. | ||
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+ | ===== Ground Rules ===== | ||
+ | Science is inherently a social and collaborative effort, each scientist building on the work of others. Nevertheless, | ||
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+ | * We encourage students to work with classmates, other students, and the faculty. | ||
+ | * Homework solutions from previous years are very strictly off-limits. You are on your honor not to use them, and never to share your homework solutions with other students, now or in the future. | ||
+ | * Sources must be appropriately documented. If you follow a line of reasoning from another text, reference it properly (it will help you locate the resource later, too). If someone else helps you solve a problem, reference that too. In a research paper, the appropriate reference would be: Jane Doe, (private communication). | ||
+ | * Plagiarism - representing someone else's work as your own - is unethical, but collaboration and exchange of ideas is healthy. | ||
+ | * It is very important to be constantly aware that your behavior is in strict compliance with the letter and the spirit of the rules concerning professional conduct. |