This section provides a calendar of lecture topics for the course.
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TOPICS |
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Molecules–the Simple Solid |
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Vibrational and Rotational States in Hydrogen |
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Metal As a Free Electron Gas |
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Vibrations in Solids |
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Specific Heat of Lattice Waves |
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Lattice Waves in 1D Monatomic Crystals |
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Lattice Waves in 1D with Diatmomic Basis |
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10 & 11 |
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Specific Heat of Discrete Lattice |
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Electrons in a Periodic Solid |
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Electrons in a Periodic Solid |
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Electrons in a Periodic Solid |
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Electrons in a Periodic Solid |
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Nearly Free Electron Bands |
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Nearly Free Electron Bands (Part III) |
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Properties of Bloch Functions |
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Motion of Electronic Wavepackets |
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Impurity States |
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21 & 22 |
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Semi Classical Equations of Motions & Electrons and Holes I |
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Effective Mass |
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Chemical Potential and Equilibrium |
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25 |
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Chemical Potential and Non-equilibrium |
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26 |
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Inhomogeneous Solids |
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Scattering of Bloch Functions |
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Electron-Phonon Scattering |
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