Peter J. Hirschfeld, Spring 2001

PHY7427, Solid State II: Schedule, Notes, Problem Sets, & Tests

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All lecture notes copyright 2000 Peter J. Hirschfeld

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Month	Material	Homework & Tests	Notes & Remarks
January	I. Second Quantization Free Fermi gas  Phonons	Problem Set 1 (pdf) (ps) Out Jan. 12, Due Jan. 24 Solutions (pdf) (ps)	2nd quantization(pdf)(ps) 15 January--MLK Day
	II. Electron-electron interactions Failures of band theory Screening in electron gas Plasma oscillations Fermi liquid theory	Problem Set 2(pdf) (ps) Out Jan. 24, Due Feb. 5 Solutions (pdf) (ps)	Electron-electron interactions(pdf)(ps) PH gone Jan 29-31 (Austin)
February	III. Magnetism Ionic magnetism Exchange Magnetic ordering Magnons Magnetic neutron scattering Itinerant magnetism Kondo effect	Problem Set 3(pdf)(ps) Out Feb. 7, Due Feb. 21  Solutions (pdf) (ps)	Magnetism(pdf)(ps) PH gone  Feb. 19-20 (Columbus) Midterm 2/28 (in-class) Midterm solutions (pdf)(ps)
March	IV. Electron-phonon interaction Coulomb screening of ionic plasmon Resistivity of Metals/Umklapp  Effective electron-electron interaction	Problem Set 4(pdf)(ps) Out Mar. 2 Due Mar. 30  Solutions (pdf) (ps)	Electron-phonon interactions (pdf)(ps) Spring break Mar. 5-10 APS Meeting Mar. 12-16
	V. Superconductivity Phenomenology  BCS theory Ginzburg-Landau theory  Magnetic properties Josephson effect	Problem Set 5 (pdf)(ps) Out Apr. 13, Due Apr. 25     Solutions (pdf) (ps)	Superconductivity (pdf) (ps)
April	VI. Quantum transport Disordered metals Localization Quantum Hall effect Mesoscopic transport	Final exam(pdf) (ps) Solutions (pdf)(ps)	Quantum transport(pdf)

Peter Hirschfeld / pjh@phys.ufl.edu / Last modified: Jan. 7 2001