PHYS 567 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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| Week | Date | Lecture | Homework | |
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| 1 | 8/26 |
Introduction to Group Theory Recommended Reading: Dresselhaus Ch 1-2
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| 8/28 | ||||
| 2 | 9/2 |
Symmetry Groups and Representations Recommended Reading: Dresselhaus Ch 3 |
(due 9/18) |
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| 9/4 | ||||
| 3 | 9/9 |
Character Theory and Quantum Mechanics Recommended Reading: Dresselhaus Ch 12, Bradley &Cracknell Chs. 1 and 3 |
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| 9/11 | ||||
| 4 | 9/16 |
Point and Space Groups Recommended Reading: Bradley&Cracknell Ch 4, Dresselhaus Ch 13 |
(due 10/2) |
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| 9/18 | ||||
| 5 | 9/23 |
Crystal Symmetries and Quantum Mechanics Dresselhaus Ch 13.7, Bradley and Cracknell Ch 3.5, Ch 4 |
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| 9/25 | ||||
| 6 | 9/30 |
Time Reversal Symmetry and Nonsymmorphic Symmetries Dresselhaus Ch 21, Bradley and Cracknell Ch 4 |
(due 10/23) |
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| 10/2 | ||||
| 7 | 10/7 |
The Position Operator and Berry Phases Blount's "Formalisms of Band Theory" , Bradlyn&Iraola Sec 4 |
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| 10/9 | ||||
| 8 | 10/14 |
Wilson Loops and Polarization |
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| 10/16 | ||||
| 9 | 10/21 |
Wannier Functions and Tight-Binding Models Lecture 17 Lecture 18 |
Final Presentation Topic Ideas (due 11/6) |
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| 10/23 | ||||
| 10 | 10/28 |
1D Inversion-Symmetric Chain |
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| 10/30 | ||||
| 11 | 11/4 |
Wilson Loops and Topological Phases |
(due 11/20) |
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| 11/6 | ||||
| 12 | 11/11 |
The Chern Insulator Lecture 23 Lecture 24 |
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| 11/13 | ||||
| 13 | 11/18 |
Topological Quantum Chemistry Lecture 25 Lecture 26 |
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| 11/20 | ||||
| 14 | 11/25 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 11/27 | ||||
| 15 | 12/2 |
Final Presentations |
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| 12/4 | ||||
| 16 | 12/9 | Final Presentations | ||