Advanced topics in condensed matter

Acronym: PHY-VFATCM

Dr. Ivan Zaluzhnyy
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Frank Schreiber

Wednesday 16.15-17.45, C9A03 (lectures and exercises)
First lecture in 2024: 16.10.2024
Language: English

Lecture in the Alma-Portal and in Ilias

Notes and information about the course

Description of the course and tentative table of contents

Keywords

Crystal structures and scattering of X-rays and neutrons
Lattice dynamics and inelastic scattering of neutrons from phonons
Determination of electron band structure using photoelectron spectroscopy
Linear response theory and optical properties of materials
Ordering phenomena
Phase transitions

Materials for the course

Block I: Lattice

Part 1: Structure

Lecture 1: Introduction and scattering form factors
Lecture 2: Crystal lattices and structures
Lecture 3: Reciprocal space
Lecture 4: Partially ordered systems

Part 2: Phonons

Lecture 5: Inelastic scattering
Lecture 6: Anharmonic effects (part I)

Farben von Wasser und Eis

Lecture 7: Anharmonic effects (part II)
Lecture 8: Mössbauer effect

Hand written notes on Mössbauer effect

Block II: Electrons

Lecture 9: Photoelectron spectroscopy
Lecture 10: Thermoelectric effects in metals
Lecture 11: Normal skin effect
Lecture 12: Kramers-Kronig relations

Block III: Magnetism

Lecture 13: Magneto-optics
Lecture 14: Mermin-Wagner theorem

Proof of the theorem

Literature

N. W. Ashcroft & N. D. Mermin, Solid State Physics, Saunders College Publishing, 1976
S H. Simon, The Oxford Solid State Basics, Oxford University Press, 2013
P. Chaikin & T. Lubensky, Principles of Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1995
J. M. Ziman, Principles of the Theory of Solids, Cambridge University Press, 1972
C. Kittel, Quantum Theory of Solids, John Wiley & Sons, inc., 1963
D. I. Khomskii, Basic Aspects of the Qyantum Theory of Solids: Order and Elementary Excitations, Cambridge University Press, 2010
M. Gitterman & V. Halpern, Phase Transitions: A Brief Account with Modern Applications, World Scientific, 2004
J. M. D. Coey, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2009
J. Stöhr & H. C. Siegmann, Magnetism: from Fundamentals to Nanoscale Dynamics, Springer, 2006
J. Als-Nielsen & D. Mc Morrow, Elements of Modern X-ray Physics, Wiley, Chichester, 2001
G. L. Squires, Introduction to the Theory of Thermal Neutron Scattering, Dover Publications, inc. 1996