PHY1487H F INTRODUCTORY
Quantum Theory of Solids I
Official description
Introduction to Crystalline Solids: - Broken symmetry and elementary excitations - Periodic lattices and reciprocal lattices
Electrons in Crystals
Electron band theory - Free electron model - Nearly free electron model - Tight binding - Properties of materials based on energy bands
Lattice vibrations: - classical normal modes of vibration: phonons - Properties based on phonon dispersion relations
Electron dynamics in Crystals: - Wannier functions - Semiclassical electron dynamics - Motion in electric and magnetic fields - Effective mass tensor - Berry phase and Berry curvature
Electron-electron interactions: - Hartree-Fock theory - Exchange and correlation - Density functional theory and applications
Textbook
Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics, by Marvin L Cohen and Steven G. Louie; an elementary textbook such as Ashcroft and Mermin, or Kittel, will also be helpful.
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