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							PHY 251/420: Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics 
							Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Fall 2006
							 
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		lecture 22
		 
		
		metals, insulators and semiconductors, 2D Brillouin Zones and band structure, Fermi surface geometry
		 
		
		makeup lecture 3-4:15, BL 208
		 
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		lecture 23
		 
		
		semiclassical equations of motion
		 
		
		HW 3 due
		 
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		lecture 24
		 
		
		effective mass, holes
		 
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		lecture 25
		 
		
		Hall effect with closed orbits
		 
		
		makeup lecture 3-4:15, BL 208
		 
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		lecture 26
		 
		
		Hall effect with open orbits, real metals
		 
		
		HW 4 due
		 
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		lecture 27
		 
		
		lattice vibrations, Bohm-Staver relation
		 
		
		last date to withdraw from course
		 
		
		last day of classes
		 
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		reading period
		 
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		reading period
		 
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		final exams start
		 
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		TAKE-HOME FINAL EXAM, POSTED HERE BY NOON 
		 
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		FINAL EXAM DUE BY NOON
		 
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