Undergraduate Course: Condensed Matter Physics (PHYS10028)

Course Outline
School	School of Physics and Astronomy	College	College of Science and Engineering
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Credits	10
Home subject area	Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)	Other subject area	None
Course website	None	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	The course covers structure and bonding of solids, phonons, electrons in solids, band structure and semi-conductors. The aim is to give a firm grounding in these core concepts and provide a basic understanding of the electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties of condensed matter.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Diffraction Physics (PHYS09047)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	At least 80 credit points accrued in courses of SCQF Level 9 or 10 drawn from Schedule Q.
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)			Learn enabled: Yes	Quota: None
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information	N.B First lecture will take place on Thursday 19th September, NOT Monday 16th.
Course Start Date	16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 4, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 60 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name	Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)		2:00

Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)			Learn enabled: No	Quota: None
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information	N.B First lecture will take place on Thursday 19th September, NOT Monday 16th.
Course Start Date	16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 4, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 60 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name	Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)		2:00

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course it is intended that a student will be able to: 1)Demonstrate an understanding of the crystal lattice and how the main lattice types are described; 2)Appreciate the different bonding types in solids 3)State the eigenstates of the free electron gas, sketch the free electron band structure, describe the occupation of the electronic states in 1, 2 and 3D for T=0 and T>0, and derive a quantitative equation of the electronic contribution to the heat capacity; 4)Appreciate electronic band structure of metals and be able to apply the relevant theory to simple metals. 5)explain the response of free and Bloch electrons to an external force and appreciate the utility of the hole and effective mass concepts; 6)discuss the mechanisms for electrical conduction in metals and semiconductors and derive the law of mass action in semiconductors. Qualitative describe a p-n junction and a transistor. 7)demonstrate a grasp of the orders of magnitude of the central quantities and develop confidence with "intuitive" estimates.

Assessment Information
Degree Examination, 80% Coursework 20%

Special Arrangements
None

Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser	Prof Andrew Huxley Tel: (0131 6)51 7053 Email: a.huxley@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Dawn Hutcheon Tel: (0131 6)50 7218 Email: Dawn.Hutcheon@ed.ac.uk