POSTINGS
Instructor:
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Prof.
David Langreth Office: Serin E265 Email: langreth@physics.rutgers.edu Phone: 732-445-5500 ext. 3882 |
Prerequisites: Physics 601 or equivalent.
Textbooks:
- Kaxiras, Atomic and Electronic Structure of Solids
- Taylor and Heinonen, A Quantum Approach to Condensed Matter Physics
There are many other books that cover parts of the material of this course. In addition, even together, the two texts have gaps in some of the material that will be topics of the lectures. If your field of interest is condensed matter physics, I strongly encourage you to get to know some of these other books and, when you find some you like, purchase a few. Books are expensive, but they are a good long-term investment. Please consult the Book List for suggestions of other books to look at. Copies of the main texts, and many of the books on the Book List, are available on reserve at the Physics Library.
Syllabus: See course outline.
Lectures: Lectures will be on Wednesdays at 10:20-11:40 AM and Fridays at 3:20-4:40 PM in ARC 203. I welcome an interactive lecture; if you have questions, please ask them.
Homeworks: The homeworks are an extremely important part of the course. They are graded. Some can be quite involved and lengthly, so leave yourself sufficient time to work on them. Some discussion among yourselves and some browsing through books is permitted and even encouraged in the early stages of attacking homework problems, but the write-up must be your own work.
Web site: If you are looking at a paper copy of this document, it is actually a printout of the course home page located at http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/grad/602. Please bookmark this location. It will be used for communicatons about the course.
Communication: You are free to see me if you have a question, though there's always the possibility that I will be otherwise occupied with something that's not easily interrupted. If it's a quick question, just drop in; otherwise you might phone or email ahead to make an appointment. Also, feel free to contact me by email about any aspect of the course.
Grades: Grades will be based on the homeworks, a mid-term exam, and the final exam.
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