PHZ7427: Spring 2014
Topics for Research Papers
• DUE MONDAY APRIL 21 IN CLASS
• Instructions for uploading the paper will be provided later
• up to 10 pages, double-spaced, 12 pt (not counting the list of references)
• Sectioning: Introduction, ..., Conclusions.
• Feel free to propose your own topic, but talk to me first.
• I give only a few references for each subject. Your are expected to perform a literature search
on your own–which is a mandatory part of any research project–and select additional reading
material.
• Shorthand notations:
Ashcroft≡ N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin, Solid State Physics (Saunders College,
any edition).
Datta≡ S. Datta, Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems (Cambridge University
Press, 1995).
Kittel≡ C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics (Wiley and Sons, 7th edition).
Misra≡ P. K. Misra, Physics of Condensed Matter (Elsevier 2012)
QHE≡ The Quantum Hall effect, edited by Richard E. Prange and Steven M. Girvin
(Springer, 1990).
LIST OF TOPICS
• Zero-point motion in molecules and solids
– Yu. M, Tsipenyuk, Zero point energy and zero point oscillations: how they are detected
experimentally, Physics-Uspekhi 55, 796-807 (2012) (accessible via UF library)
• Negative compressibility in solids
– Barrera et al. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 R217 (2005) (accessible via UF library)
• He3 as a Fermi liquid: theory and experiment
– D. Neilson, Landau Fermi Liquid Theory. Aust. J. Phys. 49, 79-102 (1996) available at
http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH960079.htm
– D. Pines and P. Nozieres, The theory of quantum liquids, (Addison-Wesley, Menlo Park,
1966).
– G. Baym and C. Pethick, Landau Fermi-Liquid Theory: Concepts and Applications,
(Wiley & Sons, 1991).
• Non-Fermi-liquid metals
– A. J. Millis, Physica B: Condensed Matter, Whither strongly correlated systems? 312
/313, 1-6 (2002)
– P. Coleman and A. J. Schofield, Quantum Criticality Nature 433, 226-229 (2005)
– A. J. Schofield, Quantum Criticality and Novel Phases: Summary and Outlook http:
//arxiv.org/abs/1001.4279
– O. Gunnarsson, M. Calandra, and J. E. Han, Colloquium: Saturation of electrical resistivity Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 1085 (2003).
• Heavy-fermion materials
– G. R. Stewart Heavy-fermion systems, Rev. Mod. Phys. 56, 755 (1984).
– G. R. Stewart, Non-Fermi-liquid behavior in d- and f-electron metals, Rev. Mod. Phys.
73, 797 (2001).
– P. Coleman, C. Pepin, Q. Si, and R. Ramazashvili, How do Fermi liquids get heavy and
die? J. Phys.: Cond. Matt. 13, 723-738, (2001)
– P. Coleman Theories of non-Fermi liquid behavior in heavy fermions, Physica B, 259/261,
353 (1999).
– P. Coleman and C. Pepin, What is the fate of the heavy electron at a quantum critical point?, Physica B: Condensed Matter 312/313 , 383389 (2002). C. Pepin and P.
Coleman, Breakdown of the Fermi liquid theory in heavy fermion compounds, http:
//arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0211284.
• High-temperature superconductivity in cuprates
– N. M. Plakida, High-Temperature Cuprate Superconductors. Experiment, Theory, and
Applications Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, Vol. 166, 2010.
– A. K. Saxena, High-temperature superconductors (Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2012).
– R. Hott, R. Kleiner, T. Wolf, G. Zwicknagl, Review on Superconducting Materials, http:
//arxiv.org/abs/1306.0429.
– A. J. Leggett, What DO we know about high Tc? Nature Phys.2, 134 - 136 (2006)
• Iron-based superconductors
– G. R. Stewart, Superconductivity in iron compounds, Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 1589 (2011).
– A. A. Kordyuk, Iron-based superconductors: Magnetism, superconductivity, and electronic structure, Low Temp. Phys. 38, 888 - 899 (2012).
– M. Norman, Trend: High-temperature superconductivity in the iron pnictides, Physics 1,
21 (208) http://physics.aps.org/articles/v1/21
• Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid in one-dimensional systems
– M.P.A. Fisher and L.I. Glazman, Transport in a one-dimensional Luttinger liquid, http:
//arxiv.org/find
– H. J. Schulz Fermi liquids and non–Fermi liquids, http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/
9503150.
– H.J. Schulz, G. Cuniberti, P. Pieri, Fermi liquids and Luttinger liquids, http://arxiv.
org/abs/cond-mat/9807366
– D. L. Maslov, Fundamental aspects of electron correlations and quantum transport in
one-dimensional systems, http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506035