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Theory of Solids

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 480-6016/02
Abbreviation TPL
Course title Theory of Solids
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator prof. Dr. RNDr. Jiří Luňáček

Osnova předmětu

1. BASIC APROXIMATION IN THE SOLID STATE PHYSICS
General formula, adiabatic approximation, Hartree - Fock method, approach of tight binding electrons, Wigner - Seitz method, pseudopotential method
2. FERMI GAS FREE ELECTRONICS
Energy levels, density of statea, electron gas, specific heat of electron gas, electrical conductivity and Ohm's law, thermal conductivity of metals
3. LATTICE VIBRATION AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF SOLID STATES
Oscillations of single -lattice, lattice vibration quantization, phonon, specific lattice heat - models, thermal expansion and thermal conductivity
4. ENERGY BANDS
Model of nearly free electrons, Bloch function, Krönig-Penney model, electron wave equation in periodic potential, metals and isolators
5. SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS
Forbidden band, motion equations of the electron in the energy band, holes, effective mass, basic parameters of the band structure, types of semiconductors
6. FERMI'S SURFACE AND METALS
Constructing of Fermi surfaces,
7. DIAMAGNETISM AND PARAMAGNETISM
Classical theory of diamagnetism (Langevin), classical theory of paramagnetism (Langevin)
8. FEROMAGNETISM AND ANTIFEROMAGNETISM
Classical theory of ferromagnetism (Weiss), ferromagnetic domains, classical theory of anti-ferromagnetism (Neel)

E-learning

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Povinná literatura

KITTEL, CH.: Introduction to Solis State Physics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1976, p. 598.
COHEN, M. L., Louie, S. G.: Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Doporučená literatura

WERT, CH.A., THOMSON, R.M.: Physics of Solids. McGraw Hill, Inc., 1964,
p.436.