Advanced Solid State Physics I

This page contains information on my section of the former 10-credit postgraduate module Advanced Solid State Physics I taught by Rex Godby (10 lectures) and Steve Tear (8 lectures).

My lectures were last given in 2018/19.

Indicative syllabus of my 10 lectures:

• Electronic structure of Solids
  • Bloch's theorem and the idea of the electronic band structure
  • Band structures of different types of solid, and how they are calculated and measured
  • The Fermi surface and its significance
  • The electron-phonon interaction
  • The Electron-Electron Interaction
  • Electron Transport Theory
• Electronic Structure of Surfaces and Films

Rex Godby