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 ====== Syllabus ======
-(This is too long, and will be shortened as we go along)
   - Fundamentals of band structure
       * Free electron gas
       * Bloch theorem
   - Boltzmann transport equation
-      *    motion in constant E field → Drude result
+      * motion in constant E field → Drude result
-      *    diffusion
+      * diffusion
-      *    phonon scattering mechanism
+      * phonon scattering mechanism
   - Quantum transport
      * elastic vs inelastic scattering
-     *     1d wire no scattering (nano module?)
+     * 1d wire no scattering
-     *     Landauer formalism
+     * Landauer formalism
   - Quantum to classical crossover
-     *     Transmission probabilities
+     * Transmission probabilities
-     *     Resonant tunneling
+     * Resonant tunneling
-     *     Incoherent scattering
+     * Incoherent scattering
+     * Localization
   - Transport in magnetic field - topological phenomena
-     *     Vector potential and electron phase
+     * Vector potential and electron phase
-     *     Example: AB effect
+     * Examples: AB effect & QHE
-     *     QHE
-  - Localization
-     *     Anderson localization in different dimensions
-     *     Testing with B-field
   - Tunneling
-     *     WKB approx & STM (nano module?)
+     * WKB approx & STM
-     *     Fermi golden rule
+     * Fermi golden rule
-     *     Coulomb blockade (nano module?)
+     * Coulomb blockade (class project)
   - Superconductivity
-     *     Meissner effect, flux quantization, length scales
+     * Meissner effect, flux quantization, length scales
-     *     BCS
+     * BCS theory
-     *     HTS
+     * High temperature superconductors
-Other?
-  - Metal-Insulator transition
-     *     Difference between Mott insulator and Anderson localization
+Other
-     *     Thomas-Fermi screening
+     * Metal-Insulator transition
-     *     Bohr radius overlap
+     * Difference between Mott insulator and Anderson localization
+     * Thomas-Fermi screening
+     * Other oscillatory B-field effects (Shubnikov-de Haas, de Haas-van Alphen, etc)
+     * Coulomb blockade
 ====== Web and other resources ======
   *Janet's [[http://physics.oregonstate.edu/~tatej/COURSES/ph575/doku.php|PH575 class]] and see the "Links" page there.
   *{{::harmans_meso.pdf|Cees Harmans' mesoscopic physics notes}}
+  *[[http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html|Fundamental constants]] from NIST (2014 CODATA recommended values)
 ===== Free electron gas =====
    * Simulations from Cornell University. [[http://pages.physics.cornell.edu/sss/drude/drude.html|Drude model]] shows motion of 8 electrons in crossed E and B fields. Other useful ones are [[http://pages.physics.cornell.edu/sss/bloch/bloch.html|Bloch]], [[http://pages.physics.cornell.edu/sss/peierls/peierls.html|Peierls]], [[http://pages.physics.cornell.edu/sss/ziman/ziman.html|Ziman]]
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 ===== CNT Related Papers =====
     * Carbon Nanotube Quantum Resistors [[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.139.3328&rep=rep1&type=pdf]]
-    * Decent explanation of [[http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/ballistic-G0.pdf|quantized conductance in carbon nanotubes]]
+    * I found this discussion of [[http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/ballistic-G0.pdf|two conducting channels in carbon nanotubes]] helpful.  -Dan
+    * [[http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/nl070746w|Localization in SWCNT transport]]
 ===== Thermal Transport =====
     * [[https://www.princeton.edu/~npo/SurveyTopics/WF/Wiedemann.html| W-F law]] (N.P. Ong, Princeton)
 ===== Semiconductors =====
+    * Chapter 8 of our Kittel text has the very basics you need to know.
     * Nice compilation of [[http://www.ioffe.rssi.ru/SVA/NSM/|semiconductor properties from the Ioffe Institute]] in Russia.  //m//<sub>eff</sub>, band gaps, for Si, GaAs and others.
     * For II-VI (and other) semiconductors, see the page by [[http://www.semiconductors.co.uk|D. W. Palmer]]
+===== Disorder =====
+    * {{::mott_-_variable_range_hopping.pdf|Mott variable range hopping}}
 ===== AB effect =====
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     * {{::schwartzchid_pt39_1986_17_ab_effect_normal_metal.pdf|Physics Today article on AB effect in normal metal}}
     * {{:feynman_abeffect.pdf|Feynman on AB effect}}
-===== Disorder =====
-    * {{::mott_-_variable_range_hopping.pdf|Mott variable range hopping}}
 ===== QHE =====
   * {{::vonklitzing_qhe_pt_38_1985_17.pdf|Schwarzchild PT 1985}} Nobel article
   * [[http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/56/8/10.1063/1.1611351|Avron PT 2003]] - Physics Today Article on the QHE
+  * [[http://zimp.zju.edu.cn/~xinwan/qm2/note/MacDonald91.pdf|Macdonald]]'s article on the integer QHE and other QHEs phenomena is at quite a high level, but worth looking at because it addresses many of the complexities. Note p197 is misplaced in this version.
+  * The [[http://qdev.nbi.ku.dk/student_theses/marcuslabthese/|Marcus group theses]] have many studies of the QHE and other mesoscopic systems.  In particular, I found [[http://qdev.nbi.ku.dk/student_theses/pdf_files/McClure_Thesis.pdf|McClure's thesis]] helpful.
+===== Tunneling =====
+  * Review of [[http://neutrons.phy.bnl.gov/presentations/graphene/ZhuPark_MaterialsToday2006.pdf|magnetic tunnel junctions]]
+  * Review of [[http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8609122|scanning tunneling microscopy]] with particular reference to Fe-based superconductors by J. Hoffman, Harvard.
+===== Superconductivity =====
+    *Superconductivity at 203K (under pressure) in HS system: [[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v525/n7567/full/nature14964.html]]
 ====== Journals ======
 Free access (usually) from OSU domain. If not in OSU domain, access from the OSU Library page. If OSU does not subscribe, then request article via inter-library loan.