Main Field of Study and progress level:
Physics: First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass with merit, Pass, Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Physics
Contents
Elementary theory of electrical conductivity, Sommerfeld theory of metals, crystal lattices, reciprocal lattices, determination of crystal structure by diffraction, crystal binding, lattice dynamics, phonons, electrons in crystals, heat capacity, electrical and thermal conductivity of metals, band structure, semiconductors, electrical conductivity of electrons and holes, doping, semiconductor applications, diamagnetism, paramagnetism, magnetic ordering, superconductivity, low dimensional systems.
Required Knowledge
Statistical Physics 1, or equivalent.
Literature
Valid from:
2008 week 2
Solid state physics Ashcroft Neil W., Mermin N. David Philadelphia : Saunders College ;a Tokyo :b Holt-Saunders : cop. 1976 : 826 s. : ISBN: 0-03-083993-9 (Saunders College) Search the University Library catalogue
Solid state physics Hook John R., Hall Henry Edgar 2. ed. : Chichester : Wiley : 1991 : xxi, 474 s. : ISBN: 0-471-92804-6 (inb.) Search the University Library catalogue
