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PHYS 5170 - Solid State Physics  I

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Teaching Pattern

  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks

  • Lecture hour(s) per week: 3 

 

Content

This is an introductory course on postgraduate level solid state physics. The topics covered include: electronic band structures of solids, phonons, electron dynamics in crystals, electron interactions in solids, linear response theory, electronic transitions and optical properties of solids, electron phonon interactions, integer quantum Hall effects, superconductivity and magnetism.