Vaste Stof Fysica

• Vibrations in solids: density of states, Debye model, specific heat.

• Electrons in metals: Drude model, Hall effect, free electron model, Fermi surface, density of states, specific heat.

• Atoms and bonds: periodic table, orbitals, atomic bonds.

• Electrons and phonons in 1D: reciprocal space, Bloch theorem, phonon band structure, tight-binding model, nearly-free electron model, effective mass, group velocity, density of states.

• Lattices in higher dimensions: crystal structure, unit cells, basis, reciprocal space, Brillouin zone, X-ray diffraction.

• Tight-binding and nearly-free electron models in 2D and 3D.

• Semiconductors: charge balance, doping, semiconductor devices.

3 bonus minitests and a final exam, with the grade determined according to the formula F + (M_1 + M_2) * (10 - F) / 50, with F being the exam grade, and M_1 and M_2 the best two minitest grades. If the final exam score is 0, the minitests give 2 bonus points, and if the final exam score is 10, the minitests give 0 bonus points. The minitests count towards the resit score if the minitest score is higher than that of the resit exam.