| Course Name | Condensed Matter Physics II |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PHYS 408 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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| Course Language | English | ||||||||
| Course Type | Elective | ||||||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | ||||||||
| Mode of Delivery | Online | ||||||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionProblem SolvingLecture / Presentation | ||||||||
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| Course Objectives | The objective of the course is to investigate magnetic structures, as a result of taking electron spin degree of freedom into account, as well as spin transport, and to introduce complex and novel materials. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In this course, magnetic materials will be determined, classified and looked at their properties, as a result of electron spin, and superconductors, complex materials and novel materials will be introduced. |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Electron spin and its interaction in solid | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 11.1-5. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 2 | Spintronics | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 11.6-9. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 3 | Diamagnetism and paramagnetism | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 12.1-4. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 4 | Quantum hall effect | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 12.5-6. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 5 | Magnetic order, order parameter | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 13.1-3. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 6 | Ferromagnetism in solids | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 13.4. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 7 | Midterm exam 1 | |
| 8 | Ferromagnetism in transition metals | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 13.5. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 9 | Superconductors | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 14. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 10 | Heavy fermions | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 15.1 ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 11 | Kondo model | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 15.2 ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 12 | Metallic nano clusters, Midterm exam 2 | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 16. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 13 | Complex structures | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 17. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 14 | Novel materials | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). Chapter 18. ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| 15 | Semester review | |
| 16 | Final exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Prasanta Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Academic Press, 2011). ISBN: 9780123849540 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Michael P. Marder, Condensed Matter Physics, 2nd ed. (Wiley-Interscience, 2000). ISBN: 9788126565054 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 2 | 40 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 12 | 3 | 36 |
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 5 | 2 | |
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| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 2 | 10 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 20 | |
| Total | 150 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications, | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method, | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions, | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably, | |||||
| 5 | To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License, | |||||
| 6 | To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in, | |||||
| 7 | To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance, | |||||
| 8 | To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results, | |||||
| 9 | To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life, | |||||
| 10 | To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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