Solid State Theory
winter 2018/19
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 first week of the winter term and will be held every other Friday morning (in lieu of the lecture).Assignments
- sheet 0: crystal structures with VESTA, reciprocal lattices and Brillouin zones, Wigner-Seitz cells
- 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, perturbation theory
- 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
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
Applets
You might enjoy taking a look at the following applets, developed for the experimental solid state course from our colleagues in the II. Physics Institute, which might help you gain deeper physical intuition for some of the topics covered in this lecture.
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