| Code: | F 726 |
| Department: | Department of Theoretical Physics |
| Course director: | György Papp |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Semester: | 7th |
| Hours/week: | 3+0 |
| Prerequisities: | Quantum Mechanics 1, 2. |
| Type of assessment: | K, Sz |
Course description:
Periodical structures; Bloch theorem.
Adiabatic and harmonic approach. Lattice oscillations; phonons; density
of states, specific heat of the phonon gas. Electronic states, one electron
states, Hartree, Hartree-Fock approximation. Density functional theory;
quasi-free electron approach. Tight binding model; pseudo-potentials. Nanostructures.
Statistics of electrons in metals and in semiconductors; dia- and paramagnetism;
Landau levels. Quantized fluxes. De Haas-van Alphen effect.
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