PHY 555: Solid State Physics I
PHY 555: Solid State Physics I
Instructor: Marivi Fernandez-Serra, Physics B139, maria.fernandez-serra@stonybrook.edu
Lecture Time: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30-10:50am
Web: https://marivifs-teaching.github.io/PHY555-2024
Office Hours: (Tentatively:) Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Texts:
We will use a combination of books. In the past I have used the book by Cohen and Louie (Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge University Press). I will use it also this semester for some sections. You can also choose to buy other. My preferred book has always been Ashcoft, tied to Ziman’s. However the new book by Cohen and Luie is way more modern. This semester I will also use Solid State Physics, by Giuseppe Grosso and Giuseppe Pastori Parravicini, any edition is fine (Elsevier, isbn: 9780080481029). The main reason this text was chosen, is that it provides more modern topics and treatment of solid-state physics.
Course Objectives:
- Understand the basic properties of crystalline solids and other condensed-matter systems
- Learn methods for describing the electronic and lattice structure of solids
- Understand the theory behind experimental probes of solid-state systems
Lecture organization and topics:
Course material will be presented through lectures on the blackboard, and occasionally with slides. Notes will be posted on the class website as well as further readings. Topics will include:
| topic | G & P Ch. | C & L Ch. |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal lattices | II | 2.5 |
| Semiclassical treatment of electrons | III | 3.1 |
| Band theory of crystals | V | 3.2-3.7 |
| Electronic structure properties and methods | II,VI | 6,7 |
| Electronic excitations (excitons, plasmons) | VII | 8,9 |
| Dielectric screening | VII | 8 |
| Electron-lattice coupling, phonons | VIII, IX | 4,10 |
| X-ray, neutron scattering | X | Na |
| Optical and transport properties | XI-XIV | 9,11,12 |
| Magnetic properties | XV-XVII | 15 |
| Superconductivity | XVIII | 14 |
Homework:
Homework will be assigned every 1-2 weeks via the course webpage. Assignments will include conceptual, analytical, and computational exercises (only very light coding will be required via, e.g., mathematica, matlab, python, or another language of your choice). Assignments will be submitted via Brightspace.
Homework will be worth 50 % of the final grade.
Exams:
There will be one midterm exam and a final exam (during the assigned final exam period).
* MT Exam Date November 4 (Monday) in Class time
The final will be cumulative. The midterm will be worth 20 % of the final grade, and the final exam will be worth 30 % of the final grade.
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