Additional chapters of the solid state theory
Academic: Dr. Sc. Yaroslav ZolotaryukThe course aims at mastering the main concepts of the solid state theory such as properties of the phonon and electronic states, solid body interaction with the electromagnetic excitations and collective effects such as electron-phonon interaction and superconductivity.
Програма курсу
- One-component chain quantization. Phonons.
- Two-component chain quantization. Аcoustic and optical phonons.
- Phonons in the three-dimensional crystal.
- Phonon-phonon interaction, anharmonic effects. Solid state heat capacity. Debye and Einstein approximations. Debye temperature.
- Electrons in periodic potentials. Bloch theorem. Main concepts of the electronic band structure. Metals, semiconductors and insulators.
- Nearly free electron model.
- Tight binding approximation.
- Electron effective mass. Inertial effective mass tensor.
- Density of states.
- Electron in a crystal under in the external magnetic field. Cyclotron mass.
- Electron statistics in solid state. Chemical potential for metals and semiconductors.
- Electron-phonon interaction for covalent crystals. Deformational potential method.
- Virtual phonon creation due to electron motion in the covalent crystal.
- Electron spectrum and effective mass renormalization in covalent crystals.
- Electron-phonon interaction in ionic crystals.
- Electron intraction with optical phonons. Pekar polaron.
- Spin waves in ferromagnets. Magnons.
- Main properties of superconductors. Meissner effect.
- Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory (BCS).
- Superconducting ground state. Excited states of a superconductor. Experimental consqeuncies.
- Josephson effect.
Система оцінювання
The final mark is formed by combining the marks for the assignments (40 points max) and the exam (60 points max).
Рекомендована література
- A.S. Davydov, Theory of Solids, Nauka, Moscow (1980).
- N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin, "Solid State Physics", Harcourt College Publishers, 1976.
- J.M. Ziman, "Principles of the theory of solids", Cambridge University Press, 2013.