FKA091 Condensed Matter Physics 2001/2002

F4/Master/PhD, lp 3-4 2001/2002 (5 credit units)

Examiner: Vitaly Shumeiko
Department of Microelectronics and Nanoscience
School of Physics and Engineering Physics

Lectures: Vitaly Shumeiko
Exercises: Anton Grigoriev

CMP 2001/2002 starts: Tuesday, 22 January at 13.15 in FL51

Schedule

The course is spread over two quarters.
Schedule for 3-d quarter:

Tuesday 13.15-15.00 in FL51
Thursday 10.00-12.00 in FL51

Course content:

Binding in solids. Crystal structure. Electrons in solids. Transport, optical and magnetic properties of metals and semiconductors. Concept of quasiparticles. Phonons. Electron-phonon interaction. Many-body effects. Superconductivity. Magnetic ordering.

Course material:

Main textbook:
N.W. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin, Solid State Physics.
Additional reading:
C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics
L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshits, Theoretical Physics v. 5 and 9 (Statistical Physics, part I and II).

Examination:

* Home problems
* midterm written examination
* final written examination
* literature project (non-compulsory).

Grading:

Home problems - 30%
midterm exam - 30%
final exam - 40%
literature project - 10%

40% (including final) - pass
60% - grade 4
80% - grade 5

Vitaly Shumeiko (vitaly@fy.chalmers.se; ext. 3144; room D613 in MC2)
Anton Grigoriev (tfsangr@fy.chalmers.se; ext. 8031; room D619 in MC2)