Week 7

Lecture 13, 5 March, 13.15-15.00, FL51

Kinetics of the Fermi electrons. ac Cinductivity. Thermal conductivity. Magneto-resistance and Hall effect.

Reading

A&M: Chapter Chapter 13, 16, 1.

Review questions

1. Derive conductivity tensor for electrons in magnetic field. Calculate Hall constant.

Home task
1. Calculate thermoelectric power.
2. Calculate Joule losses in time-dependent electric field (consider harmonic time dependence).