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Syllabus:

Solid State Physics, 10.5 credits

Swedish name: Fasta tillståndets fysik C
This syllabus is valid: 2008-01-07 valid to 2010-12-12 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
Syllabus for courses starting before 2010-12-12
Course code: 5FY021
Credit points: 10.5
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Physics: First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass with merit, Pass, Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Physics

Contents

Elementary theory of electrical conductivity, Sommerfeld theory of metals, crystal lattices, reciprocal lattices, determination of crystal structure by diffraction, crystal binding, lattice dynamics, phonons, electrons in crystals, heat capacity, electrical and thermal conductivity of metals, band structure, semiconductors, electrical conductivity of electrons and holes, doping, semiconductor applications, diamagnetism, paramagnetism, magnetic ordering, superconductivity, low dimensional systems.

Required Knowledge

Statistical Physics 1, or equivalent.

Literature

Valid from: 2008 week 2

Solid state physics
Ashcroft Neil W., Mermin N. David
Philadelphia : Saunders College ;a Tokyo :b Holt-Saunders : cop. 1976 : 826 s. :
ISBN: 0-03-083993-9 (Saunders College)
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Solid state physics
Hook John R., Hall Henry Edgar
2. ed. : Chichester : Wiley : 1991 : xxi, 474 s. :
ISBN: 0-471-92804-6 (inb.)
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