PHYS412-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 19 May 2013

Description

Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

This course covers band theory, low dimensional semiconductors and properties of atomic clusters.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Lecturer

Simon Brown

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignments x 3 15%
Final Exam 70%
Oral presentation and 1 page report 5%
Test 10%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Kittel, Charles; Introduction to solid state physics ; 7th ed; Wiley, 1996.

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

Please consult the document General Information for Physics and Astronomy Students on the Physics and Astronomy Web Page:
http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/courses/
specifically:
http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/courses/general.pdf

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $874.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Physics and Astronomy .

All PHYS412 Occurrences

  • PHYS412-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013