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 COURSE DESCRIPTION

FORMAT: 2 lectures per week:

MONDAY 4 p.m.,      MP137
THURSDAY 3 p.m.,   MP137
 

     Background:The student is assumed to be familiar with elementary quantum mechanics and
                            statistical mechanics, and with differential and integral vector calculus (div, grad,
                            curl, surface and line integrals ...) and Fourier series.
     References:
                           C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7th ed. Wiley, 1996. (Chapters 1 -
                            9 of textbook).
     Prerequisites:
                            PHY 252S, PHY 355F
     Topics:
                            This course is an introduction to the concepts used in the modern treatment of
                            solids. Topics include: crystal structure, the reciprocal lattice, crystal binding,
                            elastic constants, classical waves in solids; quantization of lattice waves (phonons),
                            lattice specific heat, thermal conductivity; free electron model, electrons in a
                            periodic potential, energy bands, semiconductors, metals, Fermi surfaces.
 
 

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