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Physik-Institut

PHY401 Condensed Matter Physics

Lecturer:

Prof. Dr. Marc Janoschek

Prof. Dr. Fabian Natterer
Assistant: Aleš Cahlík
   
Lectures:

Monday, 09:00 - 11:00

Tuesday, 09:00 - 11:00
Exercise Class: Tuesday, 11:15 - 13:00
Start: Monday, 18.09.2023
Location: Y36 K 08

Further Information can be found in the course catalogue.

Rules for the exercise sheets

1. Hand in the exercise sheets on Monday during the lecture.
2. You need to have at least 60% of the total points to qualify for the exam.
3. You should hand in every exercise sheet and attend the exercise classes.
4. Exam questions can be related to the exercise sheets and the discussions during exercise class.

Lecture Material and Exercise Sheets

Lecture Date Topic Lecture Material Exercise Sheets
1 18.09. Structure of lecture, Exam Info, Why Condensed Matter? Lecture_1_Slides (PDF, 22 MB)  
2 19.09.

1) Repitition: Thermodynamics & Statistical Physcs

2) Introduction to Phase Transitions

Lecture 2.1: Slides Repetition Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics (PDF, 677 KB)

Lecture 2: Whiteboard Statistics And Thermodynamics (PDF, 1 MB)

Lecture 2.2: Slides Introduction to Phase Transitions (PDF, 2 MB)

 

 Exercise 1 (PDF, 112 KB)
3 25.09. Landau Theory

Lecture 3: Whiteboard Landau Theory (PDF, 2 MB)

Lecture 3.1: Slides Ehrenfest Equations (PDF, 406 KB)

  
4 26.09. Weak First Order Transitions and Ginzburg Landau Theory

Lecture 4.1: Slides Examples of First Order Transitions (PDF, 724 KB)

Lecture 4.2: Inhomogeous Ordered States (PDF, 724 KB)

Lecture 4: Whiteboard. Weak First-Order Phase Transitions and Ginzburg Landau Theory (PDF, 3 MB)

 Exercise 2 (PDF, 143 KB)
5 02.10. Correlation Length

Lecture 5: Slides. Correlation Length (PDF, 2 MB)

Lecture 5: Whiteboard. Correlation Length (PDF, 3 MB)

  
6 03.10. Ginzburg Criterion, Scaling and Quantum Phase Transitions

Lecture 6: Whiteboard. Ginzburg Criterion and Scaling (PDF, 2 MB)

Lecture 6: Slides. Critical Exponents, Scaling and Quantum Phase transitions (PDF, 7 MB)

 Exercise 3 (PDF, 126 KB)
7 09.10. Recap Heat Capacity

Lecture 7 - handout - heat capacity (PDF, 234 KB)

Lecture Notes - 7 - Heat Capacity (PDF, 1 MB)

  
8 10.10. Drude Model 

Lecture 8 - handout - Drude (PDF, 142 KB)

Lecture Notes - 8 - Drude (PDF, 1 MB)

 Exercise 4 (PDF, 117 KB)
9 16.10. Sommerfeld Model Lecture 9 - Sommerfeld (PDF, 1 MB)  
10 17.10. Introduction Magnetism   Exercise 5 (PDF, 84 KB)

11

 23.10. Aufbau Principle - Hund's Rules, Paramagnetism Lecture 10 - Introduction Magnetism (PDF, 2 MB)  
12 24.10. Diamagnetism, Magnetic Order Lecture 11 - Diamagnetism and Magnetic Order (PDF, 1 MB) Exercise 6 (PDF, 90 KB)
13 30.10. Presentation of Student Journal Club topics Topics for Student Presentations (PDF, 3 MB)  
14 31.10. Guest Lecture Prof. Dr. Guguchia   Exercise 7 (PDF, 53 KB)
15 06.11. Qubits - Intermezzo Lecture 12 - Qubits (PDF, 1 MB)  
16 07.11. Vibrations 1D chain Lecture 13 - 1D chain of atoms (PDF, 1013 KB) Exercise 8 (PDF, 278 KB)
17 13.11. Electrons in a Periodic Potential

Lecture 17: Whiteboard. Electrons in a Periodic Potential (PDF, 3 MB)

Lecture 17: Slides. Electrons Bandstructures (PDF, 829 KB)

  
18 14.11. Landau's Fermi liquid

Lecture 18: Whiteboard. Landau's Fermi liquid (PDF, 2 MB)

Lecture 18: Slides. Landau's Fermi Liquid (PDF, 3 MB)

 Exercise 9 (PDF, 112 KB)
19 20.11. Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Lecture 19: Slides. Strongly Correlated Electrons (PDF, 18 MB)  
20 21.11. Low dimensional systems - from 0D single-atom magnets to 2D boron nitride Lecture 20: Low dimensional systems - from 0D single-atom magnets to 2D boron nitride (PDF, 22 MB) Exercise 10 (PDF, 246 KB)
21 27.11. Electron-Phonon Interaction Lecture 21 - Electron-Phonon Interaction (PDF, 1 MB)  
22 28.11.     Exercise 11 (PDF, 95 KB)
23 4.12.      
24 5.12.      
25 11.12.      
26 12.12.      
27 18.12 Student Presentation, day 1 4 presentations, 22.5 minutes each  
28 19.12. Student Presentation, day 2 6 presentations, 22.5 minutes each