MWF 11-11:50 AM | OPL 102 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s17phy745/ |
Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth | Phone:758-5510 | Office:300 OPL | e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu |
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DDJ Reading
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1 | Wed: 01/11/2017 | Chap. 1 | Definition and properties of groups | #1 | 01/20/2017 |
2 | Fri: 01/13/2017 | Chap. 1 | Theory of representations | ||
Mon: 01/16/2017 | MLK Holiday - no class | ||||
3 | Wed: 01/18/2017 | Chap. 2 | Theory of representations | ||
4 | Fri: 01/20/2017 | Chap. 2 | Proof of the Great Orthonality Theorem | #2 | 01/23/2017 |
5 | Mon: 01/23/2017 | Chap. 3 | Notion of character of a representation | #3 | 01/25/2017 |
6 | Wed: 01/25/2017 | Chap. 3 | Examples of point groups | #4 | 01/27/2017 |
7 | Fri: 01/27/2017 | Chap. 4 & 8 | Symmetry of vibrational modes | #5 | 01/30/2017 |
8 | Mon: 01/30/2017 | Chap. 4 & 8 | Symmetry of vibrational modes | #6 | 02/01/2017 |
9 | Wed: 02/01/2017 | Chap. 8 | Vibrational excitations | #7 | 02/03/2017 |
10 | Fri: 02/03/2017 | Notes | Continuous groups | #8 | 02/06/2017 |
11 | Mon: 02/06/2017 | Notes | Group of three-dimensional rotations | #9 | 02/08/2017 |
12 | Wed: 02/08/2017 | Notes | Continuous groups | #10 | 02/10/2017 |
13 | Fri: 02/10/2017 | Chap. 5 | Atomic orbitals | #11 | 02/13/2017 |
14 | Mon: 02/13/2017 | Chap. 6 | Direct product groups | #12 | 02/15/2017 |
15 | Wed: 02/15/2017 | Chap. 7 | Molecular orbital | #13 | 02/17/2017 |
16 | Fri: 02/17/2017 | Chap. 9 | Introduction to Space Groups | #14 | 02/20/2017 |
17 | Mon: 02/20/2017 | Chap. 10 | Group theory for the periodic lattice | ||
18 | Wed: 02/22/2017 | Chap. 10 | Group theory for the periodic lattice | ||
19 | Fri: 02/24/2017 | Chap. 1-10 | Review -- Distribute take-home exam | ||
20 | Mon: 02/27/2017 | Chap. 10 | Space group representations | Exam | |
21 | Wed: 03/01/2017 | Chap. 11 | Symmetry of vibrations | Exam | |
22 | Fri: 03/03/2017 | Chap. 11 | Symmetry of vibrations | Exam Due | |
Mon: 03/06/2017 | Spring break - no class | ||||
Wed: 03/08/2017 | Spring break - no class | ||||
Fri: 03/10/2017 | Spring break - no class | ||||
Mon: 03/13/2017 | APS Meeting - no class | ||||
Wed: 03/15/2017 | APS Meeting - no class | ||||
Fri: 03/17/2017 | APS Meeting - no class | ||||
23 | Mon: 03/20/2017 | Chap. 7.7 | Jahn-Teller Effect | #15 | 03/24/2017 |
24 | Wed: 03/22/2017 | Chap. 7.7 | Jahn-Teller Effect | ||
25 | Fri: 03/24/2017 | Spin 1/2 | #16 | 03/27/2017 | |
26 | Mon: 03/27/2017 | Dirac equation for H-like atoms | #17 | 03/29/2017 | |
27 | Wed: 03/29/2017 | Chap. 14 | Angular momenta | #18 | 03/31/2017 |
28 | Fri: 03/31/2017 | Chap. 16 | Time reversal symmetry | #19 | 04/05/2017 |
29 | Mon: 04/03/2017 | Chap. 16 | Magnetic point groups | ||
30 | Wed: 04/05/2017 | Literature | Topology and group theory in Bloch states | #20 | 04/07/2017 |
31 | Fri: 04/07/2017 | Introduction to Lie groups | #21 | 04/10/2017 | |
32 | Mon: 04/10/2017 | Introduction to Lie groups | |||
33 | Wed: 04/12/2017 | Introduction to Lie groups | |||
Fri: 04/14/2017 | Good Friday Holiday -- no class | ||||
34 | Mon: 04/17/2017 | Introduction to Lie groups | |||
35 | Wed: 04/19/2017 | Introduction to Lie groups | |||
36 | Fri: 04/21/2017 | Introduction to Lie groups | |||
Mon: 04/24/2017 | Presentations I | ||||
Wed: 04/26/2017 | Presentations II |
Read Chapter 1 in DDJ.
PHY 745 -- Assignment #1
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E | E | A | B | E |
A | A | E | C | B |
B | B | C | E | A |
C | C | B | A | E |
Continue reading Chapter 3 in DDJ.
Read Chapter 4 and the beginning of Chapter 8 in DDJ.
Continue reading Chapter 4 and the beginning of Chapter 8 in DDJ.
Continue reading Chapter 8 in DDJ.
Review the lecture notes for Lecture 10.
Review the lecture notes for Lecture 11.
Review the lecture notes for Lecture 12.
Start reading Chapter 5 of DDJ.
Start reading Chapter 6 of DDJ.
Start reading Chapter 7 of DDJ.
Start reading Chapter 9 of DDJ.
Read Section 7.7 of DDJ, and Appendix 8 of Born and Huang.
Read the first 5 pages of the paper by David DiVincenzo and Eugene Mele, PRB 29 1685 (1984) which analyzes a simple model of the states of two dimensional graphene near its Fermi level (taken at E=0).