Prof. Dr. Heidemarie Schmidt

Oral examination (100%)

A list of Literature and materials will be provided at the beginning of the semester.

Englisch

Keine

128 M.Sc. Physik Vertiefung „Festkörperphysik/Materialwissenschaft” und „Optik”: Wahlpflichtmodul

628 M.Sc. Photonics: Wahlpflichtmodul

528 M.Sc. Quantum Science and Technology: Required elective module, subject area “specialization”

Vorlesung: 2 SWS

Übung: 1 SWS

• Introduction to the many-body problem;
• Wavefunction-based approaches for electronic structure;
• Density functional theory;
• Electronic excitations: beyond density functional theory.

Electronic structure theory is a successful and ever-growing field, shared by theoretical physics and theoretical chemistry, that takes advantage from the increasing availability of high-performance computers.Starting only from the knowledge of the types of atoms that constitute a material (molecule, solid, nanostructure,..) we will learn how to determine without further experimental input, i.e. using only the laws of quantum physics, its structural and electronic properties.The lecture will initiate the students to the state-of-the-art theoretical and computational approaches used for electronic structure calculations.In the practical classes the students will learn through tutorials to use different software for electronic structure simulations. During the last month they will realize a small independent scientific project.

Bearbeitung von Übungsaufgaben (Art und Umfang wird zu Semesterbeginn bekannt gegeben)