The copper-oxygen sheet in a high temperature superconductor. (Image by Prof. Patrick Lee.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Patrick Lee
MIT Course Number
8.511
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This is the first term of a theoretical treatment of the physics of solids. Topics covered include crystal structure and band theory, density functional theory, a survey of properties of metals and semiconductors, quantum Hall effect, phonons, electron phonon interaction and superconductivity.