Advanced topics in condensed matter

Acronym: PHY-VFATCM

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

Wednesday 16.15-17.45, C9A03
First lecture in 2026: 14.10.2026
Language: English

Lecture in the Alma-Portal and in Ilias

Keywords

Scattering of X-rays and neutrons in condensed matter
Structure of partially ordered systems
Diffusion: Brownian motion and beyond
Coherence of electromagnetic waves
Statistics and dynamics of speckles

Materials for the course

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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
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