This unit provides part of a major in experimental physics. It consists of two 12-lecture sub-units and laboratory work. Key areas are: Condensed Matter Physics: the concept of reciprocal space, the basic theory for the behaviour of electrons and phonons in solid crystalline materials, band theory and the Schrodinger equation, phonons, the Einstein model, electronic properties of semiconductors, carrier densities and Fermi levels, superconductivity; Scattering and Spectroscopy: fundamentals of diffraction theory, diffraction from crystals and amorphous materials, scattering of neutrons, x-rays and synchrotron radiation, principles of magnetic resonance Mossbauer, IR and Raman, XPS and... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Alexis Bishop
Prerequisites: PHS2011, PHS2022, MTH2032 and either MTH2010 or MTH2015
