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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 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; | 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:// |
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- | Not part of the course, but watch these for relevant topics ... | + | |
- | * The physics [[http:// | + | |
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===== Instructors ===== | ===== Instructors ===== | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
* Office hours: [[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: ===== | ||
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===== Course Evaluation ===== | ===== Course Evaluation ===== | ||
- | * Homework - 20% | + | * Homework - 15% |
- | * Midterm 1 - 20% | + | * Midterm 1 - 25% |
- | * Paper & poster (" | + | * Paper & poster (" |
- | * Final exam - 35%; comprehensive, | + | * Final exam - 30%; comprehensive, |
Exam and midterm topics may be discussed in lectures, assigned for homework, or for reading. | Exam and midterm topics may be discussed in lectures, assigned for homework, or for reading. | ||
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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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- Describe magnetism and phonon processes in solids. | - Describe magnetism and phonon processes in solids. | ||
- Apply band structure knowledge to understand nanostructures. | - Apply band structure knowledge to understand nanostructures. | ||
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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. | ||
===== Texts ===== | ===== Texts ===== | ||
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* RECOMMENDED: | * RECOMMENDED: | ||
- | * RECOMMENDED: (Mc) McIntyre, D. H., Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley, 2012. Ch.15 is particularly relevant. | + | * ALSO: (Mc) McIntyre, D. H., Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley, 2012. Ch.15 is particularly relevant. |
If you choose not to purchase Kittel or Aschroft, some other equivalent text must be used. Talk to me to see if the one you have in mind is suitable. | If you choose not to purchase Kittel or Aschroft, some other equivalent text must be used. Talk to me to see if the one you have in mind is suitable. | ||
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.W. 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, | ||
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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. |