COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAGNETISM 101

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIZ 4143 MAGNETISM 101 ELECTIVE 2 2 0 7

Offered By

Physics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YUSUF YÜKSEL

Offered to

Physics

Course Objective

Audience of the course is undergraduate student in the 7th semester. An introduction to fundamentals of magnetism and its applications is aimed. The students will be able to gain understanding of magnetic materials and magnetic structures which serve as basics for future research ability in a basic level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to understand the sources of magnetic field, Maxwell equations, magnetic moment, and concept of spin and to see the relationship between these phenomena.
2   Become familiar with the concepts of paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism, ferrimagnetism and diamagnetism.
3   To gain the theoretical fundamentals of the magnetic order and symmetry breaking.
4   To gain information on the materials exhibiting magnetic character such as insulators, semiconductors, semimetals and metals.
5   Modelling with atomistic Hamiltonians and lattice models.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A brief history of magnetism
2 Sources of magnetic field: Point particles
3 Sources of magnetic field: Continuous charge distribution; materials exhibiting spontaneous magnetism
4 Magnetism and hysteresis, Curie temperature, coercivity, anisotropy, magnetic susceptibility
5 Magnetic moment, angular momentum, precession, Bohr magneton, quantum mechanics of spin
6 Isolated magnetic moments, an atom in a magnetic field, Brillouin function
7 Magnetic interactions, dipolar interactions, direct exchange, anisotropic interactions
8 Topical Review & Problem Solving
9 Magnetic order and magnetic structures (bulk and nanoscaled)
10 Magnetic order and symmetry breaking
11 Magnetic materials & magnetocaloric effect
12 Magnetic lattices and modelling: Mean field and effective field theories
13 Magnetic modeling with Monte Carlo simulations
14 Topical Review & Problem Solving

Recomended or Required Reading

Main reference:
Magnetism in Condensed Matter, Stephen Blundell, Oxford University Press 2001
Auxiliary Reference:
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, J. M. D. Coey, Cambridge University Press 2009
Material:
- T. Kaneyoshi, Differential Operator Technique in the Ising Spin Systems , Acta Physica Polonica A 83 (1993) 703
- J. Strecka, M. Jascur, A brief account of the Ising and Ising-like models: Mean-field, effective-field and exact results , Acta Physics Slovaca 65 (2015) 235

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, problem solving and discussion, Tutorials and homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 QUZ QUIZ
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student s performance will be according to the midterm and final exam grade, as well as the homework assigments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yusuf.yuksel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 28 28
Preparing assignments 5 3 15
Preparation for quiz etc. 5 3 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 5 2 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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