ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Particle Physics
Areas: Condensed Matter Physics
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
To extend training of students to some fundamental aspects of solid state physics. In particular, expand their knowledge on the calculation of the electronic states in both crystalline and non-crystalline solids as well as the models used in the study of their transport properties.
A good knowledge of the common and non common properties between crystalline and non-crystalline solids.
Calculation of electronic band structure. LCAO method. Pseudopotential. Green functions. K. P. Method
Transport phenomena in solids. Boltzmann transport equation. Electron-phonon interaction. Thermoelectric and thermomagnetic effects. Atomic diffusion.
Non-crystalline solids. Spatial distribution of the atoms: radial distribution function. Electronic states. Amorphous semiconductors. Alloys.
- C. Kittel, Introducción a la Física del Estado Sólido, Ed. Reverté (3ª edición española 1993).
- N.W. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin, Solid State Physics, Ed. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975.
- J. M. Ziman, Principios de la Teoría de Sólidos, Ed. Selecciones Científicas 1969.
- M.S. Rogalski and S.B. Palmer, Solid Sate Physics, Ed. Gordon and Brench Sience Publishers, 2000.
- M.A. Wahab, Solid State Physics: Structure and Properties of Materials, Alpha Science International, 2005.
- R. Zallen, The Physics of Amorphous Solids, Ed. Johm Wiley & Sons, 1998.
- S.R. Elliot, Physics of Amorphous Materials, Ed. Longman Scientific&Technical, 1990.
Online resources:
- Notes and presentations of the subject in the virtual campus
BASIC AND GENERAL
CG01 - Acquire the ability to perform team research work.
CG02 - Be able to analyze and synthesize.
CG03 - Acquire the ability to write texts, articles or scientific reports according to publication standards.
CG04 - Become familiar with the different modalities used to disseminate results and disseminate knowledge in scientific meetings.
CG05 - Apply knowledge to solve complex problems.
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
TRANSVERSALS
CT01 - Ability to interpret texts, documentation, reports and academic articles in English, scientific language par excellence.
CT02 - Develop the capacity to make responsible decisions in complex and / or responsible situations.
SPECIFIC
CE08 - Acquire an in-depth knowledge of the structure of matter in the low energy regime and its characterization.
CE09 - Master the set of tools necessary to analyze the different states in which matter can be presented.
LEARNING RESULTS.
- Expand the training of students in some fundamental aspects of solid state physics. In particular, expand their knowledge about the calculation of electronic states in both crystalline and non-crystalline solids, as well as the models used in the study of their transport properties.
- Good knowledge of methods for calculating electronic states in solids and models used in the study of their transport properties.
The subject will be developed in classroom, using all the available audiovisual tools to make the subject enjoyable and useful to the student. Students will receive all the basic material for the study of matter. Students will receive tutoring and assignments of activities which will serve to their continuous assessment.
*A course will be activated on the Moodle platform of the Virtual Campus, to which information of interest to the student will be uploaded, as well as diverse teaching material.
For all students, the qualification of "no presentado" shall be in accordance with the provisions of the rules of stay in the current undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the USC.
The final grade will be determined from:
A final exam consisting of short questions related with the basic aspects of the course. In any case, the student's overall grade will not be lower than his/her rating in this final exam.
Besides, the progress of each student in the assimilation of the matter will be monitored by the resolution of proposed practical exercises and/or subject-specific assignments . The qualification of this part will mean, at most, the 50% of the student's final grade, and it will be taken into consideration only if he/she attends to at least 80% of the lectures (master and interactive).
The subject will be developed during 31 hours of teaching, divided into 20 theoretical hours and 10 hours of laboratory / practice, plus 1 hour of personalized tutoring.
One hour of personal work for each hour of lecture is considered enough for a good understanding of the concepts explained and the fulfillment of the tests assigned to them.
The accomplishment of subject-specific work will, understandingly, demand an extra time dedication. This extra time should not exceed 15 hours.
It is emphatically recommended using tutorships as valuable help to the understanding and mastery of subject matter.
Jesus Manuel Mosqueira Rey
Coordinador/a- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Phone
- 881814025
- j.mosqueira [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Carlos Carballeira Romero
- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Phone
- 881814015
- carlos.carballeira [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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