Physics and Astronomy - Course Details
PHYS645
— Fall 2010
PHYS645: Electron Theory of Solids I (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)
Offering:
Fall, Class 3, cr. 3.
Prerequisites:
PHYS 601, PHYS 545, and PHYS 661, or equivalent.
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Description:
Theory of the electron liquid; Fermi liquid theory; Feynman diagrams and path integrals; collective modes and screening; linear response and fluctuation-dissipation theorems; transport; impurity scattering; transport in interacting mesoscopic systems; magnetism; Bosonic superfluids; BCS and Landau-Ginzburg theories of superconductivity.
Instructor(s):
GIULIANI, GABRIELE F.
Email:
gfg@purdue.edu
Textbook(s) for Fall 2010
| Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | Req/Opt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid State Physics | Ashcroft/Mermin | 1st | 0-03-083993-9 | Brooks/Cole | Optional | |
| RECOMMENDED: Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid | Gabriele Giuliani & Giovanni Vignale | March 31, 2005 | 0521821126 | Cambridge University Press | Optional | |
| RECOMMENDED: Condensed Matter Physics | Michael P. Marder | 1st; January 7, 2000 | 0471177792 | Wiley-Interscience | Optional |
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