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| Day | Topic | Reading | Summary | Assignments | |
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| M 9/30 | PHYSICS COMP EXAM | No class | |||
| 1 | W 10/2 | Sommerfield model | A&M Ch 2-3, Kittel Ch 6 | day1.pdf: Gas of free electrons trapped in a 3d potential. Fermi Energy. Orders of magnitude. Introduce periodic potential. | HW #1 |
| 2 | F 10/4 | Occupation function | A&M Ch 8 & Ch 12 | day2.pdf: Drawing the occupation function in k-space, Bloch's theorem, free electron gas at T = 0, electron velocity, electron response to E-field, relaxation time, calculating a current. | |
| Day | Topic | Reading | Summary | Assignments | |
| 3 | M 10/7 | Phonon scattering | A&M Ch 13 | day3_2013.pdf: Drude result for calculating current density. Phonon review, ph575 notes24. Fermi Golden Rule for scattering probability. Transition matrix element for electron-phonon interaction. Conservation of momentum/energy. Scattering probability. | HW #2 |
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