= B6 Oxford physics course
{tag=Condensed matter physics course of the University of Oxford}
{title2=Third year condensed matter physics}
https://users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0014/B6-lectures.html gives a syllabus:
* Heat capacity in solids, localised harmonic oscillator models (<Dulong-Petit law> and <Einstein solid>[Einstein model])
* Heat capacity in solids, a model of sound waves (Debye model)
* A gas of classical charged particles (Drude theory)
* A gas of charged fermions (Sommerfeld theory)
* Bonding
* Microscopic theory of vibrations: the 1D monatomic harmonic chain. Mike Glazer's Chainplot program.
* Microscopic theory of vibrations: the 1D diatomic harmonic chain
* Microscopic theory of electrons in solids: the 1D tight-binding chain
* Geometry of solids: crystal structure in real space. VESTA, 3D visualization program for structural models; an example crystal structure database.
* Geometry of solids: real space and reciprocal space. Reciprocal Space teaching and learning package.
* Reciprocal space and scattering. A fun way to discover the world of crystals and their symmetries through diffraction.
* Scattering experiments II
* Scattering experiments III
* Waves in reciprocal space
* Nearly-free electron model
* Band structure and optical properties
* Dynamics of electrons in bands
* Semiconductor devices. Intel's "A History of Innovation"; Moore's Law; From Sand to Circuits.
* Magnetic properties of atoms
* Collective magnetism. A micromagnetic simulation tool, The Object Oriented MicroMagnetic Framework (OOMMF); OOMMF movies of magnetic domains and domain reversal.
* Mean field theory
Problem set dated 2015: https://users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0014/B6-materials/B6_Problems.pdf Marked by: A. Ardavan and T. Hesjedal. Some more stuff under: https://users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0014/B6-materials/
The book is the fully commercial <The Oxford Solid State Basics>.
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