Seminars in Condensed Matter Physics


P599


Class Schedule: Monday from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Notice new time!!!

Location: Room 307 – Nielsen.


First Meeting: January 14.


Instructor: Prof. Adriana Moreo (amoreo@utk.edu)


Open to current and prospective Condensed Matter graduate students.


Purposes:


  1. Learn and practice how to deliver oral presentations in front of an audience.

  2. Learn what is currently relevant in Condensed Matter Physics.

  3. Practice asking questions during seminars.





Requirements: click here


Schedule of presentations (to be arranged at first class meeting):

Date

Speaker I

Title

Speaker II

Title

Chairman

01/28/13

Zachary Barnett

An Overview of Density Functional Theory

Robert Van Wesep

An Introduction to the Hubbard Model and Mott Insulators.

Ronald Allen

02/04/13

Qinlong Luo

History of Superconductivity

Yu Li

Ba2Ti2Fe2As4O: a new superconductor containing Fe2As2 layers and TiO sheets

Zachary Barnett

02/11/13

N. Sirica

Random Phase Approximation: Screened Interactions.

Nira Patel

Bose-Einstein Condensate

Robert Van Wesep

02/18/13

Michael McConnell

Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Depth and Localization

Xiaoqian Hu


Qinlong Luo

02/25/13






03/04/13

Ronald Allen

The Quantum Hall Effect

Robert vW.

Symmetry, Irreducible Representations and the Crystal Field

Michael McConnell

03/11/13

Yu Li

Brief Introduction to Heavy Fermion Systems

Zachary B.

Wannier Functions

Nira Patel

03/18/13

March Meeting





03/25/13

Spring Break





04/01/13

Nira P.

Helium Condensate

Qinlong L.

Magnetic State of Ladder Iron-Selenides

Xiaoqian Hu

04/08/13

Xiaoqian Hu


Nick S.


Yu Li

04/15/13

Michael MC


Ronald A.


Nick Sirica

04/22/13







Last update: 1/9/13.