Admission Requirements
Introduction to solid state physics: bandstructure, crystal symmetries, phonons. Introductory quantum mechanics course.
Description
In this course we provide students with an overview of topics that are of interest in current experimental condensed matter physics research. Students will be introduced to a set of contemporary topics, including low-dimensional systems, mesoscopic physics, the quantum hall effect, and high temperature superconductivity. Our goal is to motivate the models and theories that are used in these topics. Special focus will lie on explaining the experimental work.
The course puts an emphasis on the research performed in the condensed matter groups in the Leiden institute of physics.
Course objectives
The student has an overview of the main themes of contemporary condensed matter physics
The student can explain why different models are chosen for different systems
The student is able to recognize a system that is described by single-electron physics.
The student is able to explain how a correlated electron system is different from a single-electron system.
The student has studied an example of frontier research in condensed matter, and summarized it.
After this course the student is able to apply the methods of this course to examples that illustrate the many-particle physics that is being studied in condensed matter physics today.
Timetable
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Mode of instruction
Lectures and workgroups. 12 times a 2 hour lecture and 6 times a 2 hour workgroup.
Assessment method
75% of the grade is due to the exam, which may be oral or written depending on the situation, 25% of the grade is due to an essay the students write about a current experimental research project in the Institute of Physics.
Reading list
Material will be available through Brightspace and must be studied before the start of each lecture.
Registration
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Contact
Lecturers Dr. M.P Allan