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Syllabus

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Course Description

This course is a graduate level course in magnetic materials. The level of treatment presumes familiarity with differential calculus as well as introductory atomic physics and quantum mechanics of solids. The course moves from observation to understanding of magnetic phenomena at increasing levels of sophistication. The characteristics of magnetic materials are treated in the context of related effects in other materials. For example, magnetic and electric polarization and susceptibility are treated in parallel; ferromagnetism is compared to ferroelectricity; the reasons for ferromagnetic spin alignment are contrasted with superconducting spin pairing; magnetic anisotropy and magnetostriction are compared with anisotropic electric polarization, electrostriction and piezoelectricity.

Readings

The text for the course is:

Amazon logo O'Handley, R. C. Modern Magnetic Materials, Principles and Applications. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1999. ISBN: 9780471155669.

Useful backup texts (in increasing level or treatment) include:

Amazon logo Jiles, D. C. Introduction to Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. New York: Chapman and Hall, 1991. ISBN: 9780412386305.

Amazon logo Cullity, B. Introduction to Magnetic Materials. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1972. ISBN: 9780201012187.

Amazon logo Chikazumi, S. Physics of Ferromagnetism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780198517764.

Grades

There will be one one-hour exam about half way through the term. There is no written final examination. A written report and its oral presentation, on an appropriate topic chosen by the student, will be due at the end of the term. The grades will be determined as follows:

ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Exam20%
Homework Assignments20%
Written Assignment40%
Oral Presentation20%

 








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