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 ^ Week 1^^Topic^Reading^Assignments|
 |1|M 3/28|Physics Comp Exam - No class| |[[hw1|HW #1]]|
-|[[2]]|W 3/30|Sommerfield model|A&M Ch 2-3, Kittel Ch 6| |
+|[[2]]|W 3/30|Free electron gas, electrical conductivity|A&M Ch 2,3, Kittel Ch 6| |
-|[[3]]|F 4/1|Occupation function|A&M Ch 8 & Ch 12| |
+|[[3]]|F 4/1|FEG, thermal transport, occupation function|A&M Ch 2,3,8; K Ch 6| |
 ^Week 2^^Topic^Reading^Assignments|
-|[[4]]|M 4/4|Phonon scattering |A&M Ch 13|[[hw2|HW #2]]|
+|[[4]]|M 4/4|Boltzmann transport eq., Phonon scattering |A&M Ch 13,16; K App F|[[hw2|HW #2]]|
 |[[5]]|W 4/6|Phonon scattering|A&M Ch 13| |
-|[[6]]|F 4/8|Ballistic Transport|Kittel Ch 18 (Nanostructures)| |
+|[[6]]|F 4/8|Ballistic Transport|K Ch 18 (Nanostructures)| Project proposal |
 ^Week 3^^Topic^Reading^Assignments|
-|[[7]]|M 4/11|Adding scattering|Kittel Ch 18 (Nanostructures)|[[hw3|HW #3]]|
+|[[7]]|M 4/11|Adding scattering|K Ch 18 (Nanostructures)|[[hw3|HW #3]]|
-|[[8]]|W 4/13|Variable range hopping. Mott Insulators|{{:mott_-_variable_range_hopping.pdf|Mott's txt bk}}, A&M p340 & 542| |
+|[[8]]|W 4/13|Variable range hopping. Mott Insulators|{{::mott_-_variable_range_hopping.pdf|Mott VRH}}, A&M p340 & 542| |
-|[[9]]|F 4/15|Electrons in B-field|Feynman Lecture on AB effect}} | |
+|[[9]]|F 4/15|Electrons in B-field|{{::feynman_abeffect.pdf|Feynman Lecture on AB effect}}  | |
-^Week 4^^Topic^Reading^Summary^Assignments|
+^Week 4^^Topic^Reading^Assignments|
-|[[10]]|M 4/18|Quantum Hall Effect|{{::qhe_article.pdf|Article 1}}, [[http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/56/8/10.1063/1.1611351|Article 2]] |Aharanov-Bohm effect. QM description of cyclotron orbits. Landau levels. Fluctuation in electron density (constant chemical potential). The QHE experiment. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Hall_effect|Animation]]. QHE explanation based on ExB drift velocity.  |[[hw4|HW #4]]|
+|[[10]]|M 4/18|Quantum Hall Effect|{{::vonklitzing_qhe_pt_38_1985_17.pdf|PT-QHE}}, [[http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/56/8/10.1063/1.1611351|Avron QHE]] |[[hw4|HW #4]]|
-|[[11]]|W 4/20|Tunneling devices| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunnelling#cite_note-21|Tunneling (wikipedia)]] |Importance of tunneling device in technology. Calculating I_tunnel. Examples: STM microscopy, STM spectroscopy, tunnel magnetoresistance, tunnel diodes. | |
+|[[11]]|W 4/20|Tunneling devices| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunnelling#cite_note-21|Tunneling (wikipedia)]] | |
-|12|F 4/22|No class| |  |  |  |
+|12|F 4/22|No class| |  |
 ^Week 5^^Topic^Reading^Assignments|
-|[[13]]|M 4/25|Superconductivity|Ibach chapter 10|[[hw5|HW #5]]|
+|[[13]]|M 4/25|Superconductivity|I&L ch. 10, K Ch. 10, A&M Ch34|[[hw5|HW #5]]|
-|[[14]]|W 4/27|Superconductivity|Ibach chapter 10| |
+|[[14]]|W 4/27|Superconductivity|I&L ch. 10, K Ch. 10, A&M Ch34| |
 |[[15]]|F 4/29 |Talks | | |
+^Week 6^^Topic^Time^Location|
+| |R 5/5|Final Exam|0930-1120 |  TBA|