Elementary Solid State Physics 1

Numbering Code U-SCI00 33215 LJ57 Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year 3rd year students or above Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Mon.2
Instructor name TERASHIMA TAKAHITO (Graduate School of Science Professor)
Kohsaka Yuhki (Graduate School of Science Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course Solid State Physics is a major part of the Condensed Matter Physics in which a macroscopic material is treated as an assembly of atomic scale particles. This course covers atomic arrangements in crystals, lattice vibrations and thermal properties, giving an introduction not only to Elementary Solid State Physics 2 but also to Material Physics a, b, c.
Course Goals The first half of this course is devoted to learn symmetry of crystals and structure analysis, and the second half crystal lattice dynamics and its thermal properties including nonlinear and non-equilibrium phenomena.
Schedule and Contents 1. Crystal lattice (2D and 3D Bravais lattices) [1st week].
2. Symmetry and crystallographic point groups [2nd week].
3. Crystal structure of ambient materials [3rd week].
4. General theory of diffraction and scattering from periodic structures [4th week].
5. Reciprocal lattice vectors and Brillouin zones [5th and 6th weeks].
6. Structure factor and static structure analysis [7th week].
7. Coupled oscillation of 1D chain and its dispersion relation [8th week].
8. Interatomic potential and equation of motion [9th week].
9. Dynamic structure analysis (phonon spectroscopy) [10th week].
10. Vibrational density of states [11th week].
11. Thermal energy of harmonic oscillators and lattice specific heat [12th and 13th weeks].
12. Thermal expansion and heat conduction [14th week].
13. Recent topics [15th week].
Course Requirements Basic knowledges on analytical mechanism, electromagnetism and statistical mechanics are required but quantum mechanism is not premised.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) A look at the textbook before each lecture is recommended. After the lecture the contents of lecture note and printed materials distributed in the lecture should be reviewed.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Solid State Physics, H. Ibach and H. Lueth, (Springer), Chapters 2 to 5.
References, etc. Introduction to Solid State Physics, C. Kittel, (Maruzen), Chapters 2 to 5.
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