Peter J. Hirschfeld, Spring 2000

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) Due Jan. 28  Solutions (pdf) (ps)	2nd quantization(pdf) (ps) 17 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) Due Feb. 11 Solutions (pdf) (ps)	Electron-electron interactions(pdf) (ps)
February	III. Magnetism Ionic magnetism Exchange Magnetic ordering Magnons Magnetic neutron scattering Itinerant magnetism Kondo effect	Problem Set 3(pdf) (ps) Due Mar. 13 Solutions (pdf) (ps)	Magnetism(pdf) (ps) PH gone wk. of Feb. 21 (Houston mtg.)
March	IV. Electron-phonon interaction Coulomb screening of ionic plasmon Resistivity of Metals/Umklapp Effective electron-electron interaction	Midterm take-home (pdf) (ps) ~ Due Apr. 3 Midterm solutions (pdf) (ps)	Electron-phonon interactions (pdf) (ps)
	V. Superconductivity Phenomenology BCS theory Ginzburg-Landau theory Magnetic properties Josephson effect	Problem Set 4 Due Apr. 21  Solutions (pdf) (ps)	Superconductivity (pdf) (ps)   PH gone wk. of Mar. 20 (APS meeting)
April	VI. Quantum transport Disordered metals Localization Quantum Hall effect Mesoscopic transport	Final exam(pdf) (ps) Solutions (pdf) (ps)	Quantum transport(pdf) (ps)

Peter Hirschfeld / pjh@phys.ufl.edu / Last modified: Jan. 3 2000