Advanced Solid State Physics

Part I. Electron transport.

Semiclassical model of electron dynamics. Relaxation time approximation. Interaction   effects: Fermi liquid theory and Mott transition. Semiconductors.

Part II.Magnetism.

Diamagnetism and paramagnetism. Magnetic ordering: ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. Domains.

Part III.Superconductivity.

Basic phenomenology. BCS theory. The Josephson effect. High temperature superconductors.

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