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- | ====== General Information for PH575, Spring | + | ====== General Information for PH575, Spring |
- | This course | + | This course |
**Detailed syllabus** is found at [[http:// | **Detailed syllabus** is found at [[http:// | ||
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* 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 - Friday week 5; Midterm 2 - Wednesday week 8, both in class. | * Midterm 1 - Friday week 5; Midterm 2 - Wednesday week 8, both in class. | ||
- | * The [[http:// | + | * The [[http:// |
===== Instructors ===== | ===== Instructors ===== | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
- | * Office hours: | + | * [[http:// |
- | * TA: Eric Krebs | + | * TA: Mitchell Senger (sengermi |
- | * Jason Vielma, vielmaj | + | |
- | ===== Blackboard | + | ===== Canvas |
- | * Blackboard' | + | * Homework solutions, homework scores and test grades will be posted on [[https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/ |
- | * Homework and test grades will be posted on Blackboard. Please inform me of any recording errors. | + | * We will use the official university email list in Canvas |
- | * I will use the official university email list in Blackboard | + | |
===== Course Evaluation ===== | ===== Course Evaluation ===== | ||
- | * Homework - 15% | + | * Homework - 20% |
* Midterm 1 - 25% | * Midterm 1 - 25% | ||
* Paper & poster (" | * Paper & poster (" | ||
- | * Final exam - 30%; comprehensive, | + | * Final exam - 25%; 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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- 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. | ||
+ | - Have a good general knowledge of important properties and materials parameters of metals and semiconductors, | ||
===== Texts ===== | ===== Texts ===== | ||
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* (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 | ||
- | * (M) Marder, M. P., Condensed Matter Physics (graduate, more modern than AM) | + | * (M) Marder, M. P., Condensed Matter Physics, QC173.454 .M37 2000 (graduate, more modern than AM; 2010 edition not at OSU) |
* (YV) Yves, J and Voltatron, F (translated by J. Burdett), An introduction to molecular orbitals, QD461 .J4313 1993 | * (YV) Yves, J and Voltatron, F (translated by J. Burdett), An introduction to molecular orbitals, QD461 .J4313 1993 | ||
* (R) Rosenberg, H., The Solid State, QC176 .R67 1988 (Undergraduate level) | * (R) Rosenberg, H., The Solid State, QC176 .R67 1988 (Undergraduate level) | ||
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===== OSU Library ===== | ===== OSU Library ===== | ||
- | The library is a vital resource - use it! Alternative text books, journals, and more are housed in the shelves or are available online if you use your orst.edu account. The reference section is a helpful starting point. | + | The library is a vital resource - use it! Alternative text books, ebooks, journals, and more are housed in the shelves or are available online if you use your oregonstate.edu account. |
===== Add-Drop, Withdraw & Final Exam dates ===== | ===== Add-Drop, Withdraw & Final Exam dates ===== | ||
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* 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). | * 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. | * 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. | + | * 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. |