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PHY8521 - Advanced Solid State Physics

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Physics
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Pre-requisite(s)
Pre-cursor(s)
Exclusive Courses:
PHY6521
Course Offering Term*:
Semester B 2024/25

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

This course aims to equip graduate students with advanced knowledge of solid state physics that are necessary to understand contemporary literature and conduct frontier research in condensed matter physics and materials science. The course will start with a review of basic structural and electronic properties of crystals, with an emphasis on the band theory of electrons in periodic potentials. Then, the course will move on to thermodynamic and transport properties of metals, including the temperature dependence of specific heat and conductance, and basic magneto-transport properties. In the last part, the course will cover select advanced topics, which may include magnetism, superconductivity, topological band theory, a brief introduction to topological orders, and Berry phase effects in transport properties of the materials.

Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%
Examination Duration: 2 hours
 
Detailed Course Information

PHY8521.pdf

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