Solid State Theory
winter 2016/17
Thu, 8.20 - 9.50 | SR E0.03 THP
Fri, 12.00 - 13.30 | SR E0.03 THP
Overview
The lecture will introduce elementary concepts of solid state theory, including- introduction to lattice structures
- lattice and electron dynamics
- phonons
- electrons on a lattice (non-interacting)
- electron-electron interaction
Tutorials
Tutorials and homework assignments will start in the second week of the winter term and will be held every other Thursday morning (in lieu of the lecture).Assignments
- sheet 0: crystal structures with VESTA, Wigner-Seitz cells, reciprocal lattices and Brillouin zones
- sheet 1: Fourier transformation, δ-function, covalent bonds
- sheet 2: diatomic chain, phonons in python
- sheet 3: specific heat of phonons, Debye model
- sheet 4: Kronig-Penney model
- sheet 5: tight binding chain, diatomic tight binding chain, Peierl's instability
- sheet 6: Kronig-Penney model revisited, tight binding model
- sheet 7: Haldane model
Syllabus / Lectures
- part 0/1: Motivation, Solids: Crystaline solids, crystal structures and classification, reciprocal lattice, scattering
- part 2: Born-Oppenheimer / adiabatic approximation: decoupling of electron and ion dynamics
- part 3: phonons
- part 4: non-interacting electrons
- part 5: dynamics of electrons (partial chapter)
- part 6: interacting electrons
Mailing-List
We have created a mailing list for this lecture, which will be used to send out further information regarding the lectures, exercise classes, and homework assignments.We ask all students to sign up for this mailing list.
Literature
- Steven H. Simon, The Oxford Solid State Basics (Oxford University Press)
Uni-Bibliothek, Studierendenbibliothek Physik - Gerd Czycholl, Theoretische Festkörperphysik (Springer)
Uni-Bibliothek, Studierendenbibliothek Physik
Unfortunately this book is available only in German.
- Neil W. Ashcroft and David N. Mermin, Solid state physics (Holt, Rinehart and Winston)
Uni-Bibliothek, Studierendenbibliothek Physik - Charles Kittel, Quantum Theory of Solids (John Wiley)
Uni-Bibliothek, Studierendenbibliothek Physik