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| ====== General Information for PH575, Spring 2011 ====== | ====== General Information for PH575, Spring 2011 ====== | ||
| - | 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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| * Midterm 1 - Monday 4/2x/11; Midterm 2 - Friday 5/2x/11, both in class. | * Midterm 1 - Monday 4/2x/11; Midterm 2 - Friday 5/2x/11, both in class. | ||
| * The [[http:// | * The [[http:// | ||
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| - | * The [[http:// | + | Not part of the course, but watch these for relevant topics ... |
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| ===== Instructors ===== | ===== Instructors ===== | ||
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| * 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 - 20% | * Homework - 20% | ||
| * Midterm 1 - 20% | * Midterm 1 - 20% | ||
| - | * Paper & poster (" | + | * Paper & poster (" |
| * Final exam - 35%; comprehensive, | * Final exam - 35%; comprehensive, | ||
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| ===== Course Outcomes ===== | ===== Course Outcomes ===== | ||
| - | Add specifics | + | Upon completion of PH575, students are expected to be able to: |
| + | - Calculate the band structure of simple structures analytically, | ||
| + | - Compute the band structure of a complex material using modern software based on the analytical model. | ||
| + | - State and predict the electrical and optical responses of metals, semiconductors and insulators. | ||
| + | - Describe magnetism and phonon processes in solids. | ||
| + | - Apply band structure knowledge to understand nanostructures. | ||
| ===== Ground Rules ===== | ===== Ground Rules ===== | ||
