COURSE TIME: MWF 11:00 am -11:50 am.
COURSE LOCATION: Physics 140.

INSTRUCTOR: Richard Scalettar
OFFICE: Physics-Geology 409.
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesdays, noon - 2:00 pm in room Physics 106; or by appointment.

TEACHING ASSISTANT/GRADER: Chris Miller
OFFICE: Physics 225
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 4:00 - 5:00 pm

PROGRAMMING PROBLEM SESSIONS: We noon - 2:00 pm, Physics 106 (Computer Lab)
Attendence is optional!!!

GRADING:
(Weekly) Homework 50%:
Some numerical work will be assigned. (See problem sessions above.)
Midterm Exam 20%: Monday May 6, 11:00 am -noon, room 140
Final Exam 30%: Saturday June 8, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, room 140

MORE GRADING DETAILS:
* All exams are closed book. Calculators are allowed.
A significant fraction of exam problems will be chosen from homework, and lecture material.
Regular review of these parts of the course throughout the quarter will prepare you well for the midterm and final.

TEXT: "Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics"
David L. Sidebottom, Cambridge University Press 2012, ISBN 978-1-107-01710-8

LECTURE NOTES:
Where do Electron Energy Bands Come From?
Second Quantization, version 1
Second Quantization, version 2
Second Quantization, from a textbook
Energy Bands - 1
Energy Bands - 2
Review of Finite Square Well
Slater Determinants and Variational Wave Functions
Second Quantization in Momentum Space
Density of States - 1
Density of States - 2
Recap
The Periodic Anderson Model and CuO₂ Sheets
Ising Model- 1