Physics and Astronomy - Course Details
PHYS645
— Fall 2013
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):
Lyanda-Geller, Yuli
Email:
yuli@purdue.edu
Textbook(s) for Fall 2013
| Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | Req/Opt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REQUIRED: Solid State Physics | Ashcroft/Mermin | 1st | 978-0030839931 | Brooks/Cole | Optional | |
| REQUIRED: Quantum Theory of Solids (Paperback) | Charles Kittel | 2nd; Revised edition (April 2, 1987) | 978-0471624127 | Wiley | Optional | |
| RECOMMENDED: Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid | Gabriele Giuliani & Giovanni Vignale | June 19, 2008 | 978-0521527965 | Cambridge University Press | Optional | |
| REQUIRED: Superlattices and Other HeterostructuRes: Symmetry and Optical Phenomena (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences) | E. Ivchenko & G. Pikus | 2nd; (May 9, 1997) | 978-3642-644931 | Springer | Optional | |
| RECOMMENDED: Principles of Condensed Matter Physics | P.M. Chaikin & T.C. Lubensky | (October 9, 2000) | 978-0521794503 | Cambridge University Press | Optional | |
| Field Theories of Condensed Matter Physics | Eduardo Fradkin | 2nd; (April 15, 2013) | 978-0521764445 | Cambridge University Press | Optional |
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