Physics and Astronomy - Course Details
PHYS645
— Fall 2020
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):
CARLSON, ERICA
Email:
ewcarlson@purdue.edu
Textbook(s) for Fall 2020
| Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | Req/Opt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid State Physics | Ashcroft/Mermin | 1st | 978-0030839931 | Cengage Learning | Required | |
| Solid State Physics | David Snoke | 2nd | 9787-110719183 | Cambridge University Press | Required |
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