Solid State Physics 3

Syllabus

• The Boltzmann equation: transport of electrons in metals, transport coeffcients, magneto-transport.
• Weak localization: weak localization corrections, the Anderson transition, scaling theory of localization.
• Hopping transport of localized electrons: variable-range hopping.
• Linear response: fluctuation-dissipation theory, dielectric screening, Hartree-Fock approximation
• Magnetic properties of insulators: the Hubbard model, magnetic exchange.

Sources:

1. W. A. Harrison, Solid state theory, McGraw-Hill, 1970.
2. N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin, Solid state physics, Saunders College, 1975.
3. J. M. Ziman, Principles of the theory of solids, Cambridge University Press, 1965.
4. Y. Imry, Introduction to mesoscopic physics, Oxford University Press, 1997.
5. S. Datta, Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems, Cambridge University Press, 1995.