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Time: MWF
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Instructor: Birger Bergersen
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Office: Hennings 303
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Phone: 604-822-4360
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E-mail: birger@physics.ubc.ca
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Office hours: 1 hr before and after each lecture, or you may take
your chances, and drop by my office to see if I‘m in.
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Text. Web based lecture notes Postscript version, PDF version.
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There will be a 6 regular problem sets. The problems will
be posted on the course website, as will be suggested solutions (after the problems
are due). The problems will be due on approximately 9 days after they are
assigned. They are very much part of the course. The assignment will be marked with a numerical grade to help you
recognize your mistakes, but the assignment mark towards your final grade will
not be based on a simple addition of the individual marks. Instead I will look for an honest attempt to
solve the problems. Your grade will not penalize you for making a few mistakes
on the assignments. You are encouraged
to seek help from me, or collaborate with each other, in solving in these
problems, although I will not accept assignments that are just copies of each
other. There will be one extra assignment, which is more like a small project.
This assignment will be marked with a numerical grade, which counts towards
your final mark.
· There will be a midterms and a final exam. The first midterm will is scheduled for Wednesday February 11. There will be no class
Friday February 13.
· The lecture notes contain a collection of old midterm and final exams, a few with solution some without. A selection of the latter will be discussed during the last day of class before each exam. If you hand them in before they are discussed they can be used to make up for missing regular assignments
MARking scheme:
Assignments: 20%
Special assignment 10%
Midterm: 20%
Final: 50%
If you wish to reduce the weight of the final you may hand in an optional term paper.
OVERVIEW:
1.
Structure of
crystalline solids
2.
Static
Properties of solids
3.
Electrons and
phonons
4.
Soft matter
Lecture notes: Postscript version. Pdf version. Addendum, postscript version.
Problem sets 2004.
1.
Problems 2.1-4, 2.1-5 and 2.1-8 of lecture notes. Due
Monday January 16. Solution.
2.
Problems 2.2-4, 2.2-6 and 3.2-2 of lecture notes. Due
Wednesday January 28. Solution.
3.
Problems 3.2-3, 3.3-1 and 3.3-2 of lecture notes. Due
Friday February 6. Solution.
4.
Problem set 4. Given February 25. Due Friday March 5.
5.
Problems 4.2-1, 4.2-3 and 4.2-4 of lecture notes. Due
Monday March 15. Solution
6.
Problems 4.3-1, 4.3-2, 4.3-3. Due Wednesday March 24.
Solution.
7.
Special problem set due on tutorial April 23 in
Hennings 318
8.
Some questions related
to material in handouts.
Exams
For website
which provides excellent visualization of the different
crystal
structures go to http://home3.netcarrier.com/~chan/SOLIDSTATE/CRYSTAL