Schema della sezione

  • Introduction to the Course; references. Basic assumptions of the Drude model for metals (noninteracting and free electrons; collisions, damping term, relaxation time; application of the kinetic theory of gases); DC electrical conductivity; Hall effect.

    AC electrical conductivity; dielectric function and plasma frequency. Thermal conductivity and Wiedemann-Franz law.  (Ashcroft-Mermin, Ch. 1)