PHZ3400-09 Further Suggested Reading
The Cenntenial Issue of the Reviews of Modern Physics
(Rev. Mod. Phys. vol. 71, Issue 2, (pS1-S488) -- 1 March 1999) offers a nice review of the history of Condensed Matter Physics throughout this century. Several articles from this volume can be found on this page. They will help the interested the reader get a better idea on some of the most interesting research topics at this day and age, and indicate several promising directions for the future. While some of these topics are well beyond the scope of this course, reading them is strongly encouraged in order to get the "big picture" of today's Condensed Matter Physics.
- An essay on the condensed matter physics in the twentieth century (an overview) , by W. Kohn
- In touch with atoms (discovery of scanning tunneling microscopy), by G. Binning and H. Rohrer
- The invention of the transistor, by Riordan, L. Hoddeson, and C. Herring
- Superconductivity, by J. R. Schrieffer and M. Tinkham
- Superfluidity, by A. J. Leggett
- The fractional quantum Hall effect, by H. Stormer, D. C. Tsui, and A. C. Gossard
- Microscopic simulations in physics, by D. M. Ceperlley
- Statistical mechanics: A selective review of two central issues, by J. L. Lebowitz
- Scaling, Universality and renormalization: Three pillars of modern critical phenomena, by H. E. Stanley
- Fluid turbulence, by K. R. Sreenisvasan
- Pattern formation in nonequilibrium physics, by J. P. Gollub and J. S. Langer
- Insights from soft condensed matter, by T. A. Witten
- Biological Physics, by H. Frauenfelder, P. G. Wolynes, and R. H. Austin
- Chemical physics: Molecular clouds, clusters, and corrals, by D. Herschbach
- Brain, neural networks, and computation, by J. J. Hopfield
All these articles - and many, many more - can be directly downloaded from PROLA (Physical Review On-Line).
Let someone add the appropriate links to the above articles!
Course pages for PHY6938-01: Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena (Spring 2010)
You can find here detailed lecture notes with much information about the (rather mathematical) theory of phase transitions, developed for the course recently offered by your instructor (V. Dobrosavljevic).
Other Interesting Links
- Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics, http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm
- Original articles by Su, Schrieffer, and Heeger:
- Vlad Dobrosavljevic's site: "Bad Metals Research Group"