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    This document contains information about the Condensed Matter Physics course PH 418. It discusses topics that will be covered including crystal structures, lattice vibrations, Bloch's theorem, and electron dynamics. It also outlines the course grading breakdown and class meeting times. The following problem set contains 5 practice problems related to Bravais lattices, crystal structures, density of packing, and determining nearest neighbors.

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    Condensed Matter Physics (PH 418)

    I. Course
    Crystal structures, reciprocal lattice, X-ray, electron and neutron diraction. Lattice vibrations, normal modes,
    Einstein and Debye models, phonons, Drude and Sommerfeld models. Bloch theorem, Empty lattice and nearly free
    electron model, tight-binding model, Density of states and Fermi surfaces. Semi classical model of electron dynamics.
    Concept of eective mass.

    II. Grading
    (i) Report 25
    (ii) Mid-Sem 20
    (iii) End-Sem 35
    (iv) Tutorial 20

    III. Classes
    Monday 10:35-11:30
    Tuesday 11:35-12:30
    Thursday 8:30-9:25

    

    Problem Set 1

    Condensed Matter Physics (PH 418)

    1. In each of the following cases indicate whether the structure is a Bravais lattice. If it is, give three primitive
    vectors; if it is not, describe it as a Bravais lattice with as small as possible a basis.
    (a) Base-centered cubic (simple cubic with additional points in the centres of the horizontal faces of the cubic cell).
    (b) Side-centered cubic (simple cubic with additional points in the centers of the vertical faces of the cubic cell).
    (c) Edge-centered cubic (simple cubic with additional points at the midpoints of the lines joining nearest neigh-
    bours).
    2. Show that the angle between any two of the lines joining a site of diamond lattice to its four nearest neighbors
    is cos (1/3) = 109 28 .
    −1 0 0

    3. (a) Prove that the ideal c/a ratio for the hexagonal close-packed structure is 8/3.
    p

    (b) Sodium transform from bcc to hcp at 23K. Assuming that the density remains xed through this transition,
    nd the lattice constant a of the hexagonal phase, given that a = 4.23Åin the cubic phase and that the c/a ratio is
    indistinguishable from its ideal value.
    4. Suppose identical solid spheres are distributed through space in such a way that their centers lie on the points
    of each of the following structures, and spheres on neighbouring points just touch, without overlapping. Assuming
    that the spheres have unit density, show that the density of a set of close-packed spheres on each of the following four
    structures√ is:
    fcc: √2π/6 = 0.74
    bcc: 3π/8 = 0.68
    sc: π/6 = 0.52
    diamond: √3π/16 = 0.34
    5. Let N be the number of nth nearest neighbors of a given Bravais lattice point. Let r be the distance to the
    nth nearest neighbor expressed as a multiple of the nearest neighbor distance. Make a table of N and r for n = 1,2
    n n

    and 3, for the fcc, bcc and sc Bravais lattices.


    n n

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