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INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF MATTER
cod. 18585

borrowed from Corso di TIPO in CDS 0259 - INTRODUZIONE ALLA FISICA DELLA MATERIA - cod. 18585
Academic year 2009/10
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica della materia (FIS/03)
Field
Microfisico e della struttura della materia
Type of training activity
Characterising
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

<br />The aim of the Curse is to treat the concepts on the basis of the physical and chemical properties of the matter, following a phenomenological and theoretical path.

Prerequisites

<br />The Course requires the knowledge of elements of Electromagnetism, of Classical Statistics, of Relativity, of Waves and Optics.  

Course unit content

<br />Recalls. Thermal radiation and Planck¿s postulate. Einstein¿s quantum theory. The photoelectric effect. The Compton Effect. The models of the atom. The quantization rules.  <br />One-electron atoms. Probability densities. Orbital angular momentum. Orbital magnetic dipole moments. The electron spin. The spin-orbit interaction. Transition rates and selection rules.<br />Multielectron atoms. Identical particles. The helium atom. The Hartree theory. The periodic table. X-ray spectra. The Russel-Saunders  coupling. Atoms in electric and magnetic fields. The population of electronic states. Laser. <br />Molecules. Ionic and covalent bonds. The adiabatic principle. Molecular orbitals. Rotation, vibration and electronic spectra. The Franck-Cordon diagram. Fluorescence and phosphorescence. <br />Solids. Phase diagrams and phase transitions. Liquids, solids and metastable states. Electronic and vibration bands. Metals, insulators, semiconductors, magnetic and superconducting materials.

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Bibliography

<br />1. B.H. Bransden, C.J. Joachain, ¿Physics of Atoms and Molecules¿, Longman, Harlow (1992)<br />2. R. Eisberg, R. Resnick, ¿Quantum Physics¿ John Wiley & Sons, New York (1985)<br />3. N.W. Ashcroft, N.D. Mermin, ¿Solid State Physics¿, Saunders College, Philadelphia (1976)<br />4. R. Fieschi, R. DeRenzi, ¿Struttura della materia¿, Nuova Italia Scientifica (1995) <br />5. C. Kittel, ¿Introduzione alla Fisica dello stato solido¿, Boringhieri, Torino (1971)

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