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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>.


B6 Oxford physics course

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Observation that all solids appear to have the same constant heat capacity per <mole>.

It can be seen as the limit case of an <Einstein solid> at high temperatures. At lower temperatures, the heat capacity depends on temperature.


Dulong-Petit law

Atoms exist and last for a long time, while in <Maxwell's equations>[classical electromagnetic theory punctual] orbiting electrons should emit radiation quickly and fall into the nucleus: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/20003/why-dont-electrons-crash-into-the-nuclei-they-orbit

In other sections:
* <black-body radiation experiment>
  * <Einstein solid> experiments, which are analogous to black body radiation experiments
* <emission spectrum>
* <electron diffraction experiments> such as:
  * <Davisson-Germer experiment>

Bibliography:
* http://web.mit.edu/course/5/5.73/oldwww/Fall04/notes/Experimental_Evidence_for_Quantum_Mechanics.pdf Experimental Evidence for Quantum Mechanics


Quantum mechanics experiment

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One important <quantum mechanics experiment>, which using quantum effects explain the dependency of <specific heat capacity> on temperature, an effect which is not present in the <Dulong-Petit law>.

This is the <solid-state> analogue to the <black-body radiation> problem. It is also therefore a <quantum mechanics>-specific phenomenon.


Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

 Incoming links: Einstein solid