Advanced Solid State Physics

Outline

Electrons

Magnetic effects and
Fermi surfaces

Magnetism

Linear response

Transport

Crystal Physics

Electron-electron
interactions

Quasiparticles

Structural phase
transitions

Landau theory
of second order
phase transitions

Superconductivity

Quantization

Photons

Exam questions

Appendices

Lectures

Books

Course notes

TUG students

      

Lectures Winter Semester 2021

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Introduction


Electronic band structure


Semiconductors


Phonons


Magnetic effects and Fermi surfaces


Magnetism


Superconductivity


Linear response theory and optical properties


Transport


Crystal Physics


Structural phase transitions, Landau theory of phase transitions


Quasiparticles


Electron-electron interactions, Metal - Insulator transitions