Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic discipline
FIS/03 (MATERIAL PHYSICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Curriculum
Fisica della materia
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2017 - 16/06/2017)
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Language
Italian, English-friendly: textbook and other teaching material in English, exam in English upon request, lectures in English possible upon request
Prerequisites
Basic notions of quantum physics, electromagnetism, optics, basic statistical mechanics (preferably). Basic notions of the physics of solids, as given in the course Solid State Physics I.
Learning outcomes
Learning of concepts and physical phenomena related to advanced solid state physics.
Course contents
The course deals with advanced concepts of solid state physics, focusing on correlation effects, elementary excitations in solids, transport theory, quantum treatments of correlations and superconductivity. The topics include: Hartree-Fock method, exchange and correlation effects, screening; density-functional theory and modern methods for the calculation of energy bands; electrodynamics in metals, linear-response theory, Lindhart dielectric function, volume and surface plasmons; excitons and polaritons; Anderson localization and quantum Hall effect, Boltzmann equation and transport coefficients; Fermi liquids, correlations in solids, Mott transition, Hubbard and Anderson models, Kondo effect; quantum (BCS) theory of superconductivity. The presentation of concepts and theoretical methods will be complemented by phenomenological examples, by discussion of the main experimental techniques for the measurement of physical quantities, by visits to laboratories, and by computational exercise sessions.
Teaching methods
Lectures, complemented by a few exercise sessions and lab visits.
Reccomended or required readings
N.W. Ashcroft, N.D. Mermin, Solid State Physics (Holt-Rinehart, 1976).
G. Grosso and G. Pastori Parravicini, Solid State Physics (Academic Press, 2000).
C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th edition (John Wiley & Sons, 2005).
C. Kittel, Quantum Theory of Solids, 2nd revised printing (John Wiley & Sons, 1987).
R.M. Martin, Electronic Structure - Basic Theory and Practical Methods (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
P.Y. Yu, M. Cardona, Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and Material Properties, 3rd edition (Springer, 2005).
Assessment methods
Oral examination. For the examination it is recommended to focus on physical aspects (qualitative trends, figures, methods for measuring various physical properties) rather than on a detailed study of mathematical derivations.
Further information
Oral examination. For the examination it is recommended to focus on physical aspects (qualitative trends, figures, methods for measuring various physical properties) rather than on a detailed study of mathematical derivations.
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