Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, AM579b.
Rough (tentative) outline:
- Structure of ordered and disordered matter. Crystals, Bravais lattices, polymers. Reciprocal lattice. Scattering.
- Basics of the density functional theory
- Ornstein-Zernike equation
- Mean field description
- Elasticity. Lattice vibrations, harmonic theory of solids.
- Hartree-Fock theory.
- Elctrons and interactions
- Phase transitions in condensed matter systems.
- Fluids. Brownian motion, Langevin equation and the fluctuation-dissipation relations.
- Boltzmann equation
- Applications
Lecturer:
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Dr. Mikko Karttunen. Email: mkarttu [at] uwo.ca.
IMPORTANT: When emailing, please include 'AM579' on the subject line.
Lectures (in MC204):
- Tuesdays 8:30-9:30 am
- Thursdays 10:30-1:30 pm
- First lecture: Tuesday Jan. 15 at 8:30-9:30 am in MC204.
Material:
- Lecture notes.
Some suggestions for additional reading:
- Chaikin and Lubensky: Principles of Condensed Matter Physics
- Ashcroft and Mermin: Solid State Physics
Academic integrity:
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Working together is encouraged. Copying, plagiarism and cheating of
any kind is absolutely forbidden.
On-line material & problem sets for winter/spring 2008
- Course outline: TBA
- Lecture notes: TBA
- Problem sets: TBA