Course Identification

Title:

Solid State Physics

Code:

20252072

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Sivan ‎Refaely-Abramson

TA's:

Tomer Amit

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2025

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Wednesday, 14:15 - 16:00, Science Teaching Lab 3

Tutorials
Sunday, 10:15 - 11:00, WSoS, Rm B

First Lecture:

23/03/2025

End date:

29/06/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

30

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

60%

Final:

40%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

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Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

3

Syllabus

Lecture topics:

Crystal structure
The reciprocal lattice
Free electron Fermi gas
Nearly free electrons model
Conductance in metals
Tight binding model
Band structure approach
Excited states
Applications in materials
Advanced numerical approaches

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

Demonstrate Knowledge in the field of solid state science.

Reading List

The course will be based mainly on:

Introduction to Solid State Physics / Kittel; 530.41KIT

Solid State Physics /Ashcroft and Mermin; 530.41ASH

Website

N/A