704717 VO Solid State Physics
winter semester 2020/2021 | Last update: 09.12.2020 | Place course on memo list704717
VO Solid State Physics
VO 3
3
weekly
annually
German
At the end of the course the students will have understood the basic concepts of solid state physics and will be able to apply them in solving problems.
Reminder Physics III: bonds, crystals, symmetries, structure analysis
- Electronic bands
- Electron transport
- Semiconductors
- Magnetism
- Superconductivity
Tablet PC presentation. Hand written lecture notes will be posted on OLAT as pdf files.
- Written exam near end of term or near beginning of the following term
- Depending on the current topic there will be easy online reading quizzes roughly every other week. The maximum number of points from these quizzes counts as 10% bonus points for the written exam.
- Any further exams will be oral.
- For the most part the class will follow Gross & Marx, Festkörperphysik, Oldenburg, 2012. This book is available as an ebook from within the university network.
- Ashcroft, N. W. & Mermin, D. N., Solid State Physics, Brooks Cole, 1976. This is the standard college level textbook but somewhat old-fashioned.
see dates
- Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics