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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)

 
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