Course Information
Lecturer 1: Jian-Hao Chen (chenjianhao(at)pku.edu.cn)
Lecturer 2: Xiong-Jun Liu (xiongjunliu(at)pku.edu.cn)
TA: Yangyang Chen (yangyang-chen(at)pku.edu.cn)
Prerequisites: Quantum Mechanics, Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Format: Oral Presentations by Dr. Jian-Hao Chen and Dr. Xiongjun Liu (8 weeks for each lecturer)
Grading: Homeworks 40%, Midterm 20%, Final 40%
     - Homeworks will be assigned after every class and are due in one week, right before class.
     - Exam format: Written
Q & A:
     - Jian-Hao Chen    Mon. 9:00-10:00 in Physics Building W667.
     - Xiongjun Liu    Wed. 14:00-15:00 in Physics Building W535.
Recitation: (by Yangyang Chen)
     - Every two weeks. (location will be announced later)
Reference Books:
     - Introduction to Solid State Physics by C. Kittel
     - Solid State Physics by Ashcroft & Mermin
 
 
Syllabus
Structure of Solids (4 classes / two weeks) Lecturer: Jian-Hao Chen
     - Basic crystal structure: Bravais lattice, Miller indices etc.
     - Diffraction and reciprocal lattices.
     - Lattice symmetry.
     - Crystal Binding.
Electronic band structure (4 classes / two weeks) Lecturer: Xiong-Jun Liu
     - Band theory: Bloch theorem, Bloch functions and Bloch dynamics.
     - Electron gas: non-interacting electron gas, nearly free electron gas, interacting electron gas.
     - Tight-binding approximation, spin-orbit coupling, metal, insulator, semimetal.
Semiclassical Transport (6 classes / three weeks) Lecturer: Jian-Hao Chen
     - Wave packet dynamics, Equation of motion, anomalous velocity.
     - Boltzmann equation.
     - Berry phase and Hall effect.
     - Impurity scattering, Localization.
Lattice Dynamics (6 classes / three weeks) Lecturer: Jian-Hao Chen
     - Classical Harmonic oscillators, 1D atomics chains.
     - Quantum Harmonic lattice.
     - Phonons and thermodynamics.
Magnetism (6 classes / three weeks) Lecturer: Xiongjun Liu
     - Magnetic structures, Magnetic properties.
     - Models and mean-field theories.
     - Spontaneous symmetry breaking, spin waves.
Superconductivity (6 classes / three weeks) Lecturer: Xiongjun Liu
     - Phenomenology and Ginzburg–Landau theory.
     - Coopper instability.
     - Intro to BCS theory.
     - Recent progresses, topological superconductivity.