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PHY 521: Condensed Matter Physics I
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Spring 2014
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lecture 3
Thermal conductivity, Weidemann-Franz law, thermoelectric effect, free electron wavefunctions with periodic boundary conditions
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Sommerfeld model, quantum ground state of free electron gas, Fermi surface and Fermi energy, ground state energy, density of states, pressure, bulk modulus, ideal fermi gas at finite temperature
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Temperature dependence of the chemical potential, specific heat of electron gas, transport properties within the Sommerfeld model
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Magnetic properties: Pauli paramagnetism, Landau levels for orbital motion
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Landau diamagnetism at T=0
special make-up lecture 12:30 BL 372
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lecture 8
de Haas - van Alphen effect, screening by the electron gas, Thomas-Fermi dielectric function, classical Debye-Huckle dielectric function
HW #1 due
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lecture 9
Lindhard dielectric function, Friedel (Ruderman-Kittel) oscillations, Kohn effect, RKKY interaction
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RKKY interaction and the spin glass, plasmons
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Wigner crystal, Cooper pairs
HW #2 due
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