2014-2015 Catalog 
    
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PHYS 5460 - Introduction to Solid State Physics I

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

Theory of solids including crystal structure, x-ray, neutron and electron diffraction, phonons, elastic and thermal properties of insulators, free electron Fermi gas, band structure (Kronig-Penney model, Bloch’s theorem, tight-binging approximation, k*p model) and Fermi surface (Harrison construction, Landau levels). Prer., PES 3310 and PES 3320. Meets with PES 4460.



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