PHY481/PHY581

Professor: John G. Gibbs
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Northern Arizona University, Mountain Campus
Fall 2018: August 27 – December 14, 2018

Phonon

Announcements

(18) Nov. 28: A list of topics likely to show up on the final exam can now be found here.

(17) Nov. 26: Presentations will begin on Wed. of this week (Nov. 28). We will not have an in-class final exam review, but I will post a list of topics to be covered on the exam. The final is on Mon. Dec. 10, 10:00am - 12:00pm.

(16) Nov. 19: All solutions are now available online.

(15) Nov. 08: Quiz #5 and HW #5 are the last two assignments of the semester besides the final paper and exam.

(14) Nov. 08: HW #5 is now available and is due by 5:00pm on Mon. Nov. 19.

(13) Nov. 07: Quiz #5 will be in class on Mon. Nov. 19, and will cover electronic band theory.

(12) Oct. 29: Quiz #4 will be in class on Mon. Nov. 05, and will cover ordering in solids, reciprocal lattices, and diffraction.

(11) Oct. 25: HW #4 is now available and is due Mon. Nov. 05 by 5:00pm.

(10) Oct. 12: Topics for the final project are now available. Click the link in the above menu bar for instructions and topics.

(9) Oct. 11: Quiz #3 will be in class on Mon. Oct. 15. It will cover 1D solids.

(8) Oct. 02: HW #3 is now available and is due Mon. Oct. 15 by 5:00pm.

(7) Oct. 02: Solutions to Quiz #2 are now available.

(6) Sept. 21: Quiz #2 will be in class on Fri. Sept. 28. It will cover the free electron model.

(5) Sept. 19: HW #2 is now available and is due Mon. Oct. 01 by 5:00pm.

(4) Sept. 17: Solutions to Quiz #1 and HW #1 are now available.

(3) Sept. 10: Quiz #1 will be in-class on Mon. Sept. 17. The topics will cover what is in HW#1.

(2) Aug. 30: HW #1 is now available and is due Fri. Sept. 14 by 5:00pm. Click on the Homework tab above to find the pdf of the assignment.

(1) Aug. 27: The first day of class is Mon. August 27, 2018 starting at 10:20am in room 218, Physical Sciences - Bldg. 19.