MATERIAL PHYSICS WITH EXERSISES

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Physics
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2021/2022
Year: 
3
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2023/2024
Credits: 
10
Standard lectures hours: 
80
Requirements: 

For a better understanding of this course,
some acquaintance with Electromagnetism and elements of Quantum Physics are required.

Final Examination: 
Orale

The exam consists in a written and an oral test. The student may choose to deal with the written/oral exam separately for the two modules or to face a single written/oral test on the full program at the end of the second module. In the written test (for each module) the student will be asked to frame at least one out of a set of problems concerning different topics presented in each module. This test allows to verify the ability of the student to understand a problem, to identify the physical mechanism at the basis of the phenomenon and to set up a simple model for the quantitative interpretation of the problem. Later, the successful student will undergo an oral exam where he/she will be asked to present a general topic of the course. This second part allows to verify if the student deeply understood the physical mechanisms at the basis of the phenomena discussed in the course.
In order to pass the exam (for each module) the student must be able to frame at least one of the problems in the written test and to master in a sufficient way the topics discussed in the oral test. In order to successfully pass the exam the student must be able to solve correctly at least two of the problems in the written test and master the topics discussed in the oral test. Full marks will be granted to the student who is able to solve correctly all the problems in the written test and to answer in an exhaustive way the questions posed in the oral test. The final mark will be the average of the marks obtained in each module.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

This course will show to the third year student in Physics how the methods and concepts acquired in the courses of Electromagnetism and Quantum Physics allow to describe and understand the aggregation phenomena and the formation of complex structures, like atoms, molecules and solids. Special attention is devoted to the main experimental techniques devised to investigate these systems and to the statistical description of macroscopic aggregates.

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1) reduce a complex problem in its essential elements and then formalize them mathematically;
2) identify the most appropriate theoretical and experimental probes to investigate a given physical property.