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PHY 521: Condensed Matter Physics I
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Fall 2012
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labor day, no classes
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lecture 2
Hall effect, magnetoresistance, ac electric conductivity, EM wave propagation in metals, plasma frequency
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lecture 3
thermal conductivity, Weidemann-Franz law, thermoelectric effect, free electron wavefunctions with periodic boundary conditions
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lecture 4
Sommerfeld model, quantum ground state of free electron gas, Fermi surface and Fermi energy, ground state energy, density of states, pressure, bulk modulus
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lecture 5
ideal fermi gas at finite temperature, temperature dependence of the chemical potential, specific heat of electron gas, transport properties within the Sommerfeld model
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lecture canceled
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lecture 6
magnetic properties: Pauli paramagnetism, Landau levels for orbital motion
HW #1 due
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lecture 7
Landau diamagnetism at T=0
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de Haas - van Alphen effect, screening by the electron gas, Thomas-Fermi dielectric function, classical Debye-Huckle dielectric function
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