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AP 273 Syllabus Fall 2020

This document provides information about the Applied Physics 273: Solid State Physics II course at Stanford University. It lists the instructor, grader, reference materials, purpose of the course, grading structure, schedule, important dates, problem set schedule, and outline of topics to be covered including solid state physics concepts, superconductivity, and strong correlations. The course introduces quantum many-body physics techniques applied to solid state systems and further develops concepts from Solid State Physics I.

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AP 273 Syllabus Fall 2020

This document provides information about the Applied Physics 273: Solid State Physics II course at Stanford University. It lists the instructor, grader, reference materials, purpose of the course, grading structure, schedule, important dates, problem set schedule, and outline of topics to be covered including solid state physics concepts, superconductivity, and strong correlations. The course introduces quantum many-body physics techniques applied to solid state systems and further develops concepts from Solid State Physics I.

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Applied Physics 273: Solid State Physics II

Instructor: Harold Y. Hwang [email protected]


Grader/resource for discussing problem sets: Varun Harbola [email protected]

References:
Solid state physics at the intermediate to advanced level using second quantization.
• “Quantum Theory of Solids,” C. Kittel, Wiley, 1987 (“required”).
• “Intro. to Solid-State Theory,” O. Madelung, Springer, 1978 (“recommended”).

Accessible development of field theoretic techniques for solid state physics.


• “Quantum Field Theory of Solids,” H. Haken, North-Holland, 1976.

More introductory, but all concepts and main results for this course are well discussed.
• “Theory of Solids,” J. M. Ziman, Cambridge, 1972.
• “Solid State Physics,” N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin, Saunders, 1976.
• “Introduction to Solid State Physics,” C. Kittel, Wiley, 1986 (6th edition or later).

Purpose of this course:


• Introduce the concepts and techniques of quantum many body physics as applied
to solid-state physics.
• Further development of the concepts from Solid State Physics I.
• Introduction to superconductivity.

Grading: Problems sets (6; top 5 grades used); presentation (worth 2 problem sets)

Schedule (M/W 8:30 – 9:50 am, online)


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o Lectures through first ~7 weeks; then presentations in class.

Important Dates:
• October 2 (Fri, 5:00 p.m.) Final Study List deadline. Last day to add or drop a
class. Last day for tuition reassessment for dropped courses or units. Students may
withdraw from a course until the Course Withdrawal deadline and a 'W' notation
will appear on the transcript.
• November 6 (Fri, 5:00 p.m.) Change of grading basis deadline.
• November 6 (Fri, 5:00 p.m.) Course withdrawal deadline.

Problem Set Schedule (submit to [email protected]):


• PS1, out Sept. 14, due Sept. 23
• PS2, out Sept. 23, due Oct. 5
• PS3, out Oct. 5, due Oct. 14
• PS4, out Oct. 14, due Oct. 26
• PS5, out Oct. 26, due Nov. 4
• PS6, out Nov. 4, due Nov. 16
Outline:
1. Introduction, review of quantum mechanics, occupation number representation of
bosons.
2. Acoustic phonons – classical and quantized, crystal momentum.
3. Optical phonons, Lyddane-Sachs-Teller relation, polaritons.
4. Scattering theory (structure factor, Debye-Waller, multiphonon expansion),
anharmonicity.
5. Second quantization of Fermi fields.
6. Free electron gas, Hartree and Hartree-Fock approximation.
7. Perturbation treatment of the Coulomb interaction.
8. Dielectric response of the electron gas in the random phase approximation,
Thomas-Fermi screening.
9. Plasmons, discussion of the independent electron approximation, Peierls
instability.
10. Electron-phonon interaction in ionic semiconductors.
11. Electron-phonon interaction in covalent semiconductors and metals.
12. Superconductivity – basic phenomena, attractive electron interactions, Cooper
pair.
13. BCS ground state, wavefunction, and the excitation gap.
14. Introduction to strong correlations, spin-orbit coupling, Hund's rules, direct
exchange.
15. H2 molecule (Heitler-London vs. molecular orbital), crystal fields, Jahn-Teller
effect.
16. Introduction to Mott transition, Hubbard model, and superexchange.

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