PY4T01: Condensed Matter Theory


Lectures

Tutorials and Assignments

  • Tutorial 1                              (it will be discussed Friday, September 20th, 2019)
  • Assignment 1                       (to be submitted Monday, September 23rd, 2019)
  • Tutorial 2                             (it will be discussed Thursday, October 3rd, 2019)
  • Assignment 2                      (to be submitted Monday, October 7th, 2019)
  • Tutorial 3                            (it will be discussed Friday, October 18th, 2019)
  • Assignment 3                     (to be submitted Friday, October 18th, 2019)
  • Assignment 4                     (to be submitted Monday, November 11th, 2019)
  • New Tutorial 4                   (it will be discussed Friday, November 29th, 2019)
  • New Assignment 5            (to be submitted Monday, November 25th, 2019)

Suggested Textbooks

Main textbook

  1. Electronic Structure of Materials, A. P. Sutton, (Oxford University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-19-851754-8)
  2. Bonding and Structure of Molecules and Solids, D. G. Pettifor, (Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-19-851786-6)

Good reference

  1. The Solid State, H.M. Rosenberg, (Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-19-851870-6)
  2. Band Theory and Electronic Properties of Solids, J. Singleton, (Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-19-850644-9)
  3. Solid State Physics, N.W. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin, (International Thomson Publishing, ISBN 0030839939)Many-body methods

Many-body methods

  1. Quantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems, J.D. Walecka and A.L. Fetter, (McGraw Hill College, 1971, ISBN 0070206538, also Dover Pubns, 2003, ISBN 0486428273)

Density functional Theory

  1. Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules, R.G. Parr and W. Yang, (Oxford University Press, 1994, ISBN 0195092767)