Archived: September 25, 2023

Course Code: PHY 5111

Course Title: Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

Master of Science in Physics

Academic Year: 2021-2022

Semester: 1     Credit: 03

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Course Convenor

Lecture Schedule

Day Time Room Number
Sunday 11:10 - 11:50 732
Monday 09:30 - 10:10 505
Tuesday 12:00 - 12:40 732

Mandatory Reading

Week Chapter Reference
02 6 Condensed Matter Physics – Michael P. Marder
03 7
04 8
05 9
1 Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules – Robert G. Parr and Weitao Yang
06 2
07 3
08 7
09 8
10 14 Introduction to Solid State Physics – Charles Kittel (8th edition)
11
12

Lecture Slides

  • Review: Structure of Matter [Video 80.5 min] [Slides]
  • Review: Quantum Mechanics [Slides]
  • Free Fermi Gas, Single Electron Model [Slides]
  • Non-Interacting Electron in a Periodic Potential [Slides]
  • Nearly Free and Tightly Bound Electrons [Slides]
  • Electron-Electron Interactions [Slides]
  • Elementary Wave Mechanics [Slides]
  • Density Matrices [Slides]
  • Density Functional Theory [Slides]
  • The Kohn-Sham Method: Basic Principles [Slides]
  • The Kohn-Sham Method: Elaboration [Slides]

Quizes/Assignments

  • Archived: September 25, 2023

References

  • Condensed Matter Physics – Michael P. Marder
  • Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules – Robert G. Parr and Weitao Yang
  • Introduction to Solid-State Theory – Otfried Madelung [Translated by B. C. Taylor]
  • Introduction to Solid State Physics – Charles Kittel