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-====== General Information for PH575, Spring 2011 ======+====== General Information for PH575, Spring 2013 ======
  
 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. 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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   * Homework - 15%   * Homework - 15%
   * Midterm 1 - 25%   * Midterm 1 - 25%
-  * Paper & poster ("Midterm 2") - 25%; (see [[papers|Papers/Posters link]]) +  * Paper & poster ("Midterm 2") - 30%; (see [[papers|Papers/Posters link]]) 
-  * Final exam - 35%; comprehensive, but with emphasis on the second part of the course+  * Final exam - 30%; comprehensive, but with emphasis on the second part of the course
  
 Exam and midterm topics may be discussed in lectures, assigned for homework, or for reading.  An equation sheet, agreed upon by the class, will be provided. {{mt1_s11_eqnsheet.pdf|Here}} is the most current version.  Exam and midterm topics may be discussed in lectures, assigned for homework, or for reading.  An equation sheet, agreed upon by the class, will be provided. {{mt1_s11_eqnsheet.pdf|Here}} is the most current version. 
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 On reserve: see http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/reserves On reserve: see http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/reserves
-    * (S) Sutton, A. P.,Electronic Structure of Materials, QC176.8.E4 S875 1993+    * (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,  QC176.8.E4 H37  (Graduate level)     * (H) Harrison, W.A., Electronic Structure and the properties of solids,  QC176.8.E4 H37  (Graduate level)

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