Teaching

This semester (Fall 2003):

I am teaching JT 201, Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics (jointly with Prof. K.S. Narayan)

This is an introductory course, at the level of Kittel/Ashcroft & Mermin.

Classes meet twice a week (Tuesdays, 11 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. in the Seminar Room, and Thursdays, 11 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. in the AMRL Classroom).

I will be covering:

• Free Electron model
• Crystal Structures and Symmetry
• X-Ray Diffraction
• Electrons in periodic lattices
• Nearly Free Electron Approximation
• Tight Binding Approximation
• Fermi Surfaces
• Phonons

Previous years:

I have also taught Advanced Condensed Matter Physics.

In addition, at various workshops, I have given series of lectures on

• Density Functional Theory
• Pseudopotential Methods
• Surface Physics