Theoretical Solid State Physics WS07/08

(Dr.rer.nat. Oleg Yevtushenko)
Tutorials:

Fridays, 17:00
Theresienstr. 37 in Room A449

The tutorial on Friday 2. Nov will take place on Monday 5. Nov at 10:15 in Room A450 (instead of the lecture)

There will be no tutorial on Friday 9. Nov.

The tutorial on Friday 23. Nov will take place on Thursday 22. Nov at 12:15 in Room A450 (instead of the lecture)
Homework:
   
  • Homework
    • Tutorials:
       
  • 19. Oct 2007
    		• Sheet 1: Crystallography
       
  • 26. Oct 2007
    		• Sheet 2: Diffraction and Lattice dynamics
       
  • 05. Nov 2007
    		• Sheet 3: Second Quantization
       
  • 16. Nov 2007
    		• Sheet 4: Thermodynamics of a lattice. The free electron gas
       
  • 22. Nov 2007
    		• Sheet 5: Bloch Electrons
       
  • 30. Nov 2007
    		• Sheet 6: Thermodynamics in a constant magnetic field
       
  • 07. Dec 2007
    		• Sheet 7: The fermi liquid. Kinetic equation
       
  • 14. Dec 2007
    		• Sheet 8: Kinetic effects
       
  • 18. Jan 2008
    		• Sheet 9: Phase transitions
       
  • 25. Jan 2008
    		• Sheet 10: Superconductivity
       
  • 01. Feb 2008
    		• Sheet 11: Microscopic Theory of Superconductivity
    Literature:

    Recommended:
    1. N.W.Ashcroft and N.D.Mermin. Solid State Physics. (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York 1976).
    2. C.Kittel. Introduction to solid state physics. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005).
    3. J.M.Ziman. Principles of the Theory of Solids. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1979).
    More advanced:
    1. C.Kittel. Quantum Theory of Solids. (John Wiley and Sons, New York 1987).
    2. A.Abrikosov. Fundamentals of the Theory of Metals. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1988).
    2nd Quantization and related topics
    1. L.D.Landau and E.M.Lifshitz. Course of theoretical physics: Vol.3 Quantum Mechanics and Vol.5 Statistical Physics
    2. A.Abrikosov, Gorkov, Dzyaloshinsky. Methods of QFT in statistical physics