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This document provides information about the Physics 671 Solid State Physics course offered in the fall of 2010. The course will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:00-10:50 am in room 318 Willamette. The instructor is David Cohen and his office hours are listed. The course outline lists the topics that will be covered each week along with the corresponding textbook chapters. There will be problem sets, a midterm exam, and a final exam that make up the coursework and are weighted as shown. The primary textbook is listed as well as other recommended texts to consult for additional reading on topics.

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Syllabus 671

This document provides information about the Physics 671 Solid State Physics course offered in the fall of 2010. The course will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:00-10:50 am in room 318 Willamette. The instructor is David Cohen and his office hours are listed. The course outline lists the topics that will be covered each week along with the corresponding textbook chapters. There will be problem sets, a midterm exam, and a final exam that make up the coursework and are weighted as shown. The primary textbook is listed as well as other recommended texts to consult for additional reading on topics.

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PHYSICS 671 Solid State Physics FALL 2010

WHEN and WHERE: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:00-10:50, 318 Willamette

INSTRUCTOR: David Cohen. Office: 178 Willamette.


Office hours: Monday, Wednesday: 1:30-2:30; Thursday: 11:00-12:00.
GRADER: Same as above.

COURSE OUTLINE:
Week(s) Topic Book Chapter(s)

1 Classification of Lattices, Crystal Symmetry 1


2,3 The Reciprocal Lattice, X-ray Diffraction 2
3,4 The Free Electron Theory of Metals 6
5 Electrons in a Periodic Potential, Bloch’’s Theorem 7
MIDTERM
6,7 Band Structure 7,9
8,9 Lattice Vibrations, Phonons 4,5

10 Other Selected Topics

COURSE WORK: WEIGHTING:


Problem Sets 25%

Midterm Exam 30%

Final Exam 45%

PRIMARY TEXT: C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th Edition (Wiley, 2005):

OTHER TEXTS: There is no single good textbook for all the topics we will be covering this Fall.
Therefore, you must consult additional reading material. I recommend the following highly (All of these
books are on 24 hour reserve in the library):
Ashcroft and Mermin, Solid State Physics (Saunders College, Philadelphia, 1976) This is the textbook I
usually have used to teach solid state physics, and I will base many of my lectures on its treatment of the
material. It is at a somewhat higher level than Kittel.
J.M. Ziman, Principles of the Theory of Solids, 2nd Edition (Cambridge, 1972): An excellent treatment of
underlying theoretical principles. I will utilize this book quite often for lecture material. Unfortunately,
it is too limited in breadth to be used as our primary text.
G. Weinreich, Solids: Elementary Theory for Advanced Students (Wiley, 1965): A concise treatment of
the most fundamental underpinnings of the theory of crystalline solids in a fairly rigorous manner.
W.A. Harrison, Solid State Theory (McGraw Hill, 1970): Good introduction to Group Theory and band
structure. Somewhat too much emphasis on pseudopotential theory.
M.P. Marder, Condensed Matter Physics (Wiley, 2000): The most recent comprehensive solid state
physics textbook at the graduate level. It will be useful to consult to better understand some of the newer
developments in this subject.

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