From eb9c2ad0fccb2928aaf521f59187f4d5161fb4e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anton Akhmerov <anton.akhmerov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:28:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] reformulations of learning goals
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src/lecture_1.md | 4 ++--
src/lecture_3.md | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/lecture_1.md b/src/lecture_1.md
index d7db62e8..9c49766f 100644
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Exercises: 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8
After this lecture you will be able to:
- Explain quantum mechanical effects on the heat capacity of solids (Einstein model)
- - Compute occupation number, energy and heat capacity of a bosonic particle
+ - Compute the expected particle number, energy, and heat capacity of a quantum harmonic oscillator (a single boson)
- Write down the total thermal energy of a material
### Einstein model
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ $g(\omega)$ is the _density of states_: the number of normal modes found at each
- Describe the concept of reciprocal space and allowed momenta
- Write down the total energy of phonons given the temperature and the dispersion relation
- - Estimate heat capacity due to phonons in high temperature and low temperature regimes
+ - Estimate heat capacity due to phonons in high temperature and low temperature regimes of the Debye model
#### Reciprocal space, periodic boundary conditions
Each normal mode can be described by a _wave vector_ ${\bf k}$. A wave vector represents a point in _reciprocal space_ or _k-space_. We can find $g(\omega)$ by counting the number of normal modes in k-space and then converting those to $\omega$.
diff --git a/src/lecture_3.md b/src/lecture_3.md
index c68aa827..b5a913c5 100644
--- a/src/lecture_3.md
+++ b/src/lecture_3.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Therefore if each atom has a single electron in the outermost shell, these atoms
- Explain the origins of interatomic forces
- Compute vibrational spectra of small molecules in 1D
- - Write down Hamiltonians and equations of motion of bulk materials (but not yet solve them)
+ - Formulate Hamiltonians and equations of motion of bulk materials (but not yet solve them)
## Adding repulsion
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