Corso di laurea in Fisica

Corso di laurea in Fisica

Corso di Struttura della Materia con Laboratorio

Atomic and solid state physics with Laboratory experiments

Academic Year 2014/2015

REFERENCES

Notes and slides are available at piattaforma campusnet -> Materiale didattico.

[1] M.Alonso, E.J.Finn, Quantum and Statistical Physics, Fundamental University Physics, Vol. III, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc., 12th ed., 1980.

[2] L. Colombo, Elementi di Struttura della materia, Hoepli-Milano, 2002

[3] C. Kittel, Introduction to solid state physics, John Wiley& Sons, 7th ed., 1996

[4] R. P. Feynman, R.B.Leighton, M. Sands, La fisica di Feynman, vol. 3, Meccanica Quantistica, Zanichelli, 2007.

[5] INRiM, Il linguaggio delle misure .

[6] Bureau International des Poids et Measures, The International System of Units (SI),

[7] NIST, CODATA Internationally recommended values of the Fundamental Physical Constants.

[8] D. Hallyday, R.Resnik, K.S. Krane, Fisica 2, IV edizione,Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano 1994.

[9] M. Anselmino, “Appunti del corso di Meccanica Quantistica I”, Università di Torino

In italics, optional topics

References

Topics

LESSON I

Tue. 13.01.2015,

h. 11-13
Room A

Ø [1-8]

ü Introduction

ü International system of units

ü Fundamental Physical Constants

LESSON II

Wed. 14.01.2015,

h. 09-11 Room A

Ø [1] 10.3, 13.1, 13.5,

Ø [1] Example 10.1,

Ø [1] App. V,VI.

Ø [1] 10.3, 10.4, 10.6,

Ø Notes: from quantum to Boltzmann statistics

ü Stirling’s formula,

ü Lagrange’s Undetermined Multiplier

ü Bose-Einstein Statistics

ü Boltzmann Statistics

ü The classical partition Function Z and the introduction to the absolute temperature

LESSON III

Thu. 15.01.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

Ø [1] Example 2.3, 2.4

Ø [1] 13.6,

Ø [4] Sez. 4-5

Ø slides

ü Energy levels in a cubic potential box

ü Density of states for a particle in a very large potential box

ü Photon gas and the black body radiation

LESSON IV

Wed. 21.01.2015,

h. 09-11 Room A

Ø [1] 13.6,

Ø [1] Example 13.5, 13.6

Ø [4] Sez. 4-5

ü Spontaneous and stimulated radiative transitions

ü Introduction to the maser/laser

LESSON V

Fri. 23.01.2015,

h. 09-11 Room A

Ø [1] 10.4

Ø [1] Example 6.2

ü Boltzmann-Maxwell statistics: Average energy per particle.

ü Lattice dynamics: 1-dimensional mono-atomic chain

LESSON VI

Tue. 27.01.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

Ø [8] 49-4

Ø Slides

Ø Article

Ø [1] 13.1,13.2

ü Quantization of the lattice vibration: phonons

ü Thermal capacity in solids: The Einstein model.

ü Raman Spectroscopy

ü Fermi Dirac Statistics

LESSON VII

Wed. 28.01.2015,

h. 09-11 Room A

Ø Notes: from quantum to Boltzmann statistics

ü Fermi-Dirac statistics

ü From the Fermi-Dirac to the Boltzmann statistics

LESSON VIII

Thu. 29.01.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

Ø [1] 13.3

Ø [1] Example 13.2

Ø [1] 13.4

Ø Notes : The Fermi level at the thermodynamic equilibrium

Ø Notes : The Richardson Dushman equation

Ø [3] cap. 1: Crystal structure

Ø [1] 6.1, 6.2

Ø slides

ü Electron gas in metals

ü Total energy of electrons at low temperature

ü Application of Fermi-Dirac Statistics to Electrons in metals

ü The Fermi level at the thermodynamic equilibrium

ü The Richardson-Dushman equation

ü Types of solids

LESSON IX

Mon. 09.02.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

Ø [8] 47-4,

Ø slides

Ø Notes: crystalline lattice

Ø Notes: Bragg’s law

ü Crystal structure

ü x-ray diffraction

LESSON X

Tue. 10.02.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

Ø [1] Examples 6.4, 6.5

Ø Notes: Bloch’s theorem and the Kronig-Penney model

ü Bloch’s theorem

ü The Kronig-Penney model

LESSON XI

Thu. 12.02.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

Ø Slides

Ø [1] 6.6

ü The Kronig-Penney model

ü Electron energy bands in solids: conductors, semiconductors, insulators

LESSON XII

Mon. 16.02.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

Ø [1] 6.7;

Ø [2] 4.3.1

ü The effective mass concept,

ü The Debye model of charge transport in solids; the Ohm law

LESSON XIII

Tue. 17.02.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

[1] Example 6.7

[2] 4.3.2;

[8] 53.1-7

[1] 3.1, 3.2; Example 3.1

Elements of semiconductor physics: intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors.

Introduction to the hydrogen atom; the Bohr semiclassical model.

LESSON XIV

Wed. 18.02.2015,

h. 09-11 Room A

[1] 3.3, 3.4

[9] lessons 36-39

Example 3.4, 3.5.

The spectrum of the hydrogen atom; the quantization of the angular momentum.

Grotrian diagrams

LESSON XV

Thu. 19.02.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

[1] 3.5

Slides

Radiative transitions; the electronic wave function in presence of a central field

LESSON XVI

Mon. 23.02.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

[1] 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9; Example 3.7

Zeeman; effect. The electron spin. Sum of the angular momenta. Spin-orbit interaction

LESSON XVII

Tue. 24.02.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

[1] 4.1,4.2, Example 4.2

slides

The He atom. Coulomb and Exchange integrals; parahelium, orthohelium

LESSON XVIII

Wed. 25.02.2015,

h. 09-11 Room A

[1] 4.3

Ionization Energy. Radiative transition in He atoms. Electrostatic screening. Pauli exclusion principle.

LESSON XIX

Thu. 26.02.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

[1] 4.4,4.5;

slides

The electronic structure of atoms. The spectroscopic notation.

The Slater determinant. The Hund rules.

LESSON XX

Fri. 27.02.2015,

h. 09-12 Aula Magna

[1] 4.5,4.6;

slides

Li, Be, B atoms. The 2nd and 3rd period.

LESSON XXI

Mon. 02.03.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

[1] 4.7

slides

[1] 5.1, 5.2

The characteristic x-ray spectra.

The H2+ molecule; the LCAO method.

LESSON XXII

Wed. 03.03.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

[1] 5.2,

The H2+ molecule; the LCAO method.

The sigma bonding and anti-bonding orbitals.

LESSON XXIII Wed. 03.03.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

[1] 5.3, 5.4

Slides

Notes

Electronic configuration of mononuclear diatomic molecules

LESSON XXIV

Thu. 04.03.2015,

h. 11-13 Room A

Slides

Notes

Electronic configuration of eteronuclear diatomic molecules

LESSON XXV

Fri. 06.03.2015,

h. 09-11 Room A

Slides

Notes

Electronic configuration of eteronuclear diatomic molecules

Seminars

Dott. Davide Calonico

INRiM

Misurare il tempo con gli atomi e la luce

Friday, 27.02.2015,

h. 11.30-12.00,

Aula Magna

Dott. Carlo Paolo Sasso

INRiM

Interferometria a raggi x e la ridefinizione del kilogrammo

Thursday, 05.03.2015, h. 13.45-14.15

Aula F

Dott. Giampiero Amato

INRiM

Nanoscienze e metrologia

Friday, 06.03.2015, h. 11.30-12.00

Aula A

Classroom Exercises

Monday, 23.02.2015, h. 18.00 Room A	EXERCISES (Updated 05.03.2015)
Tuesday, 24.02.2015, h. 18.00 Room G
Monday, 02.03.2015, h. 18.00 Room G
Wednesday, 04.03.2015, h. 18.00 Room G
Thursday, 05.03.2015, h. 18.00 Room A
Friday, 06.03.2015, h. 18.00 Room A