Advanced Solid State Physics Field of study: Physics
Programme code: W4-S2FZA22.2.2021

Module name: Advanced Solid State Physics
Module code: W4-2F-17-27
Programme code: W4-S2FZA22.2.2021
Semester: winter semester 2022/2023
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 3
Description:
During the lecture the student will learn: - Fock's space, creation and annihilation operators - spin operators - Bloch and Wannier representations and transformations between them - non-interacting electron gas in a tight binding model and dispersion relations for selected lattices - the mean field approximation - physics included in basic models: Hubbard (basic and the extended version), Heisenberg, Ising - Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions derived from commutation relations of creation and annihilation operators - approximate solutions of selected microscopic models
Prerequisites:
2F_12, 2_F_13
Key reading:
(no information given)
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
has in-depth knowledge of selected areas of solid state physics [2F_27_1]
 KF_W02 [1/5] KF_W10 [2/5]
has extended knowledge of the application of quantum mechanics and statistical physics to the description of solids [2F_27_2]
 KF_W03 [1/5]
has in-depth knowledge of the condensed phase theory [2F_27_3]
 KF_W04 [3/5]
knows and understands the physical processes included in the basic models used in the theory of solids [2F_27_4]
 KF_W05 [2/5]
knows the formalism of the second quantization and understands the mean-field approximation [2F_27_5]
 KF_W06 [1/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
written exam [2F_27_w_1]
After the end of the semester. Verification of the skills of a detailed analysis of selected issues discussed in the lecture.
 2F_27_5
oral exam [2F_27_w_2]
After the end of the semester. Verification of a broader understanding of the microscopic description of solids
 2F_27_1 2F_27_2 2F_27_3 2F_27_4
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [2F_27_fs_1]
detailed discussion by the lecturer of the issues listed in the table "module description" using the table and / or multimedia presentations
 20
supplementary reading, working with the textbook, trying to find answers to simple problem questions asked during the lecture
 30 written exam [2F_27_w_1] oral exam [2F_27_w_2]
Attachments
Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
Semester Module Language of instruction
(no information given)