Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
- FIZ 632 3 + 0 3.0 8.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Lecturing
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Kadir GÖKŞEN
Instructor(s)
Assistants
Goals Concepts such as wave propagation, elastic waves, lattice vibrations and dispersion relations, specific heat and Debye model will comprehended.
Course Content Wave propagation in one-dimensional lattices and quantization of the lattice.,Elastic constants and elastic waves in three-dimensional lattices,Quantization of lattice vibrations and dispersion relations,Phenomenolojik models,Specific heat and the Debye model,The theory of scattering of slow neutrons in solids.
Learning Outcomes
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Wave propagation in one-dimensional lattices and quantization of the lattice.
2. Week Wave propagation in one-dimensional lattices and quantization of the lattice.
3. Week Wave propagation in one-dimensional lattices and quantization of the lattice.
4. Week Elastic constants and elastic waves in three-dimensional lattices.
5. Week Elastic constants and elastic waves in three-dimensional lattices.
6. Week Elastic constants and elastic waves in three-dimensional lattices.
7. Week Quantization of lattice vibrations and dispersion relations.
8. Week MIDTERM EXAM
9. Week Quantization of lattice vibrations and dispersion relations.
10. Week Phenomenolojik models.
11. Week Phenomenolojik models.
12. Week Specific heat and the Debye model.
13. Week Specific heat and the Debye model.
14. Week The theory of scattering of slow neutrons in solids.
Recommended Sources
• M.T. Dove, Introduction to Lattice Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 2005. • C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th Edition, Wiley, 2004. • G.Burns, Solid State Physics, Academic Press, 1985.