Prerequisites: PHYS 240B or consent of instructor
Description: Topics include anharmonic phonon effects, phonons in metals, dielectric proper- ties, homogeneous and inhomogeneous semiconduc- tors, defects, diamagnetism, paramagnetism, magnet- ic interactions, magnetic ordering, and superconduc- tivity. Students whose research is related to con- densed matter physics receive a letter grade; other students receive a letter grade or
Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade.