Advanced Solid State Physics

SS11

Lecturer: Prof. Martin Weinelt

Tutor: Dr. Cornelius Gahl

Link at Condensed Matter in HyperPhysics

Exercise courses

Wednesday 8:00 - 10:00 h / Arnimallee 14
Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 h / Arnimallee 14

Practice sheets

X1.pdf - hand in Wednesday 27.04.

X2.pdf - hand in Wednesday 04.05.

Advanced Solid State Physics

Chapter 0 – Introduction / magnetite

Intro.pdf

Chapter I – The solid-state problem

1. The Hamiltonian of the solid
2. The adiabatic approximation
3. The "simplified" Hamiltonian

Chapter II – Free Electrons in metals

1. Electron density
2. Electrical and thermal conductivity (Drude, Lorenz, Wiedemann-Franz)
3. From k-space to energy integrals and the density of states
4. Simple view of electrostatic screening

supporting material

 updated 21.07.2010 MW