PHYS798G

Special Problems in Advanced Physics; Group Theory in Condensed Matter Physics

An introduction to the theory of finite groups, and its use in understanding quantum mechanics of the solid state. Topics cover the theories of representation, point group, double group and space group as applied to problems on molecular orbitals, spin-orbit interaction, crystal field and band theory, quantum transitions etc.

Sister Courses: PHYS798, PHYS798B, PHYS798C, PHYS798D, PHYS798E, PHYS798I, PHYS798J, PHYS798L, PHYS798N, PHYS798Q, PHYS798S, PHYS798T, PHYS798U, PHYS798Z

Past Semesters

Kevin Osborn

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Kevin Osborn

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Ian Appelbaum

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Pengke Li

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William Linch

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.67 between 22 students*

A-: 9.09%

A: 54.55%

A+: 18.18%

C: 4.55%

W: 4.55%

other: 9.09%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.