PHYSICS 601, FALL 2007

HANDOUTS

• Course Outline
• Book List
• Electron States: Where to find it in Kaxiras

Mathematics and Physics

• Fourier Transform Conventions
• Crystal Symmetries
• Formulas for the Electron Gas
• Examples of Electron Bandstructures
• Phonon Dispersions in Si and Ge
• Derivation of Effective Mass Approximation
• Electrons and Holes
• Orbits on the Fermi Surface