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Valid for year : 2011
 
TFYA25 Physics of Condensed Matter II , 6 ECTS credits.
/Materiefysik 2/

For:   MFYS   MPN   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 38
Rec. self-study hours: 122

  Area of Education: Science

Main field of studies: Physics, Applied Physics

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The course should give a deepened knowledge within key fields of the condensed matter physics.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Quantum mechanics, Physics of Condensed Matter

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
The course is given in form of lectures which include periods för solving problems. Parts of the course are treated in oral presentations by the students, in smaller groups.

Course contents:
A theoretical treatment of magnetism in condensed matter and a description of applications of magnetism. An extended description of the mechanisms giving the optical properties of condensed matter. A combined phenomenological and theoretical treatment of superconductivity. A treatment of surfaces .

Course literature:
Kittel, C "Introduction to Solid State Physics", 8th ed., John Wiley, 2005.

Examination:
Witten examination
Oral presentations
4,5 ECTS
1,5 ECTS
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Leif Johansson
Examiner: Roger Uhrberg
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Last updated: 10/20/2010