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Persons

Lecture: Prof. Dr. Thomas Lorenz (tl -at- ph2.uni-koeln.de), Tel.: (470)-3593

Time The course starts on Wednesday April, 1st 2019 and ends on July, 12th 2019.

Lecture (3h) 

The lecture takes place in SR II. PI on Wednesdays from 10:00–11:30 and Fridays from 10:00–11:30.

Lecture notes

 

will be available via the ILIAS platform:

https://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ilias/goto_uk_crs_2819983.html

 

Students from Bonn University have access to ILIAS via ecampus (sign in with your ecampus account and click "Call ECS Course").

Topic

Comprehensive introduction to the basic principles and experimental methods of condensed matter physics. Examples of current research will be discussed.

The entire course (I & II, given in 2 semesters) covers the following topics: crystal structure and binding, reciprocal lattice and diffraction, lattice dynamics, electronic structure and Fermi surface, semiconductors and metals, transport, magnetism, superconductivity, optical properties, and correlated electrons.

Addresses: master students

Exercises (1h) during the lecture time either on Wednesday or on Friday

Literature

N. W. Ashcroft, N. D. Mermin: Solid State Physics

C. Kittel: Introduction to Solid State Physics

R. Gross, A. Marx: Festkörperphysik

J. Sólyom: Fundamentals of the Physics of Solids

H. Ibach, H. Lüth: Solid State Physics

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