| PHYSICS 240A | SOLID STATE PHYSICS | SPRING, 2008 |
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| Instructor: |
Kirill Shtengel
Office: Physics 3009 Phone: (951) 827-1058 Email: first_name.last_name@ucr.edu |
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| Class Meets: | Tue & Thu, 2:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., SPTH 1222 |
| Office Hours: | "Open door" |
| Reader: | Vincent Ugarte |
| Discussion: | Fri 11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PRCE 3374 |
| Required Text: | (A) Neil W. Ashcroft and N. David Mermin, "Solid State Physics", any edition. |
| Optional Texts: | (M) Michael P. Marder, "Condensed Matter Physics", any edition.
(K) Charles Kittel, "Quantum Theory of Solids", 2nd Revised Edition. |
| Homework: |
Homework assignments will contribute 70% to your final grade. Homework will
generally be assigned weekly by announcing in class that
a new assignment is posted on the Web. Late homework will
receive lower credit (70%).
A take-home final exam will count for the remaining 30%. |