Mar 12, 2025  
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USC Catalogue 2024-2025

PHYS 540 Solid State Physics

Units: 3
Terms Offered: Fa
Fundamental concepts and techniques in solid state physics; electron gas at metallic densities; semiclassical transport; crystallography; band structure; phonons; screening; superconductivity; magnetic ordering.
Recommended Preparation: PHYS 518 , PHYS 558a .
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter