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Berry curvature, semiclassical electron dynamics, and topological materials: Lecture notes for Introduction to Solid State Physics

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2020-01-15 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

Lecture notes used in a graduate-level Introduction to Solid State Physics course at Cornell University, to serve as a supplement to textbooks at the level of Ashcroft & Mermin.

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@article{arxiv.2001.04797,
  title  = {Berry curvature, semiclassical electron dynamics, and topological materials: Lecture notes for Introduction to Solid State Physics},
  author = {Daniel C. Ralph},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.04797},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

53 pages. Includes homework problems

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