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Electron Theory of Solids II

Offering:

Spring, Class 3, cr. 3.

Prerequisites:

PHYS 645

Description:

Condensed Matter Theory 645-646 info

Crystal imperfections, impurities and lattice defects. Magnetic properties: diamagnetic effects, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, resonance phenomena. Ferroelectricity. Optical properties of metals and semiconductors; interband and intra-band transitions, excitons, effects of crystal imperfections.

Textbook(s) for Spring 2012

Textbooks for Spring 2012
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
PHYS646 RECOMMENDED: Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid   Gabriele Giuliani & Giovanni Vignale  March 31, 2005  0521821126  Cambridge University Press 
PHYS646 Solid State Physics   Ashcroft/Mermin  Latest  0-03-083993-9  Brooks/Cole