Welcome to Solid State Physics
Physics 512, Section 001, Spring 2002
Tentative course schedule, syllabus, and list of assignments:
Announcements:
Links to lecture
notes (This link is http://www.physics.sc.edu/kunchur/f512.htm
Homework sets:
Ch1: 1,2,3 + Z’s due 2/9/01
Ch2: 1,2,3,4 + proof (Fourier components of n(r) are
finite only on the
reciprocal lattice due 2/16/01
Ch2: 5,6,7 due 2/23/01
Ch3: 1,2,3,4 due 3/2/01
Ch3: 10,11 due 3/2/01
Ch4: 2,4,5,6 + in-class (see
notes) due 3/2/01
Ch5: 1,3,4
Ch6: 2,3,5,6
Ch7: 2,4,6
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Lectures: |
Mon., Wed. and Fri. 11:15am—12:05pm, PSC Bldg. Rm. 205 |
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Recitation: |
None |
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Professor: |
M. N. Kunchur, Office: PSC 303 |
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Phone: 777 1907, Email: kunchur@sc.edu |
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Homepage: http://www.physics.sc.edu/kunchur |
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Office hours: Registrar’s listing: |
You may drop by at anytime on Mon., Wed., and Fri., or call/email to make an appointment. |
Text: Introduction to Solid State
Physics by Charles Kittel, Seventh Edition, John Wiley ISBN: 0-471-11181-3
Watch the course website http://www.physics.sc.edu/kunchur/p512.htm
regularly for announcements and other information. The link http://www.physics.sc.edu/kunchur/f512.htm
will contain scanned images of any transparencies that are used in class.
This course will cover the basic elements
of Solid State Physics and introduce you to a few topics of current research in
this field. The tentative goal is to cover roughly half of the book, at the
pace of about one chapter per week, which will include the core chapters 1—11.
Besides these, I may cover some additional topics such as superconductivity.
Some material from the book may be skipped or additional material outside the
book covered. The tests will be based on what is actually covered in class and
the assigned homework.
You will have homework (HW) sets for every
chapter, which will be announced in class. Most of the HW questions will be
from the book. From time to time I may give an in-class quiz. The HW + quizzes
will account for 20% of your grade. The remainder of your grade will be based
on 3 tests (50%) and a final exam (30%). All quizzes, tests and the final exam
will be closed book. The final exam will be cumulative and will be about twice
as long as a test.
The grades boundaries shown below will
serve as a guide. I may adjust these (in the favorable direction only) if the
overall curve is much lower.
0 £ F < 50 £ D < 56 £ D+ < 63 £ C < 70 £ C+ < 76 £ B < 83 £ B+ < 90 £ A £ 100
Dates
for the tests and final:
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Test 1 |
Wednesday, 3/6/2002 |
11:15AM—12:05PM |
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Test 2 |
Wednesday, 4/10/2002 |
11:15AM—12:05PM |
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Final exam |
Saturday, 5/4/2002 |
2:00 PM |
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Please don't hesitate to ask
questions at any time—either in class or in my office.
~ GOOD LUCK and WELCOME ABOARD ~