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| ====== General Information for PH575, Spring 2011 ====== | ====== General Information for PH575, Spring 2011 ====== |
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| 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 to be covered 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; optical properties of materials; the origins of magnetism; lattice excitations (phonons), and nanoscience. The goal of this course is attainment of an understanding of the concepts underlying modern condensed matter physics and familiarity with some of the experimental and computational techniques available to test those concepts. A major project is the computation of the band structure of a real material using density functional theory. | 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; optical properties of materials; the origins of magnetism; lattice excitations (phonons), and nanoscience. The goal of this course is attainment of an understanding of the concepts underlying modern condensed matter physics and familiarity with some of the experimental and computational techniques available to test those concepts. A major project is the computation of the band structure of a real material using density functional theory. |
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| * Midterm 1 - Monday 4/2x/11; Midterm 2 - Friday 5/2x/11, both in class. NOT SCHEDULED YET | * Midterm 1 - Monday 4/2x/11; Midterm 2 - Friday 5/2x/11, both in class. NOT SCHEDULED YET |
| * The [[http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/ChapterDetail.aspx?key=371#Section3674|final exam]] is on **Monday 06/011/2012 at 9:30 am - 10:30 am in WGR304**. | * The [[http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/ChapterDetail.aspx?key=371#Section3674|final exam]] is on **Monday 06/011/2012 at 9:30 am - 10:30 am in WGR304**. |
| * The [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/events-SSO|Solid State and Optics Seminar]] meets W 4:00 - 5:00 pm in WGR 304. You are welcome to attend. | |
| * The [[http://matsci.oregonstate.edu/seminars.php|Materials Science Seminar]] meets Th 3:00 - 4:00 pm in Covell 117. You are welcome to attend. | Not part of the course, but watch these for relevant topics ... |
| | * The physics [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/events-SSO|Solid State and Optics Seminar]] meets W 4:00 - 5:00 pm in WGR 304. |
| | * The [[http://matsci.oregonstate.edu/seminars.php|Materials Science Seminar]] meets Th 3:00 - 4:00 pm in Covell 117. |
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