Tutorials
Start of tutorials: 25.04.2023
Registration
Please, register to participate in the tutorial.
Link to online registration: Here
(accessible from domain *.uni-heidelberg.de or via VPN connection).
Tutor: Lukas Gries
Time: Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30 h
Place: INF 227 / SR 1.403/1.404
Tutorial 1:
Exercise Sheet 1
(Scientific publication mentioned in the sheet: Y. Ikezoe et al. “Making water levitate.” Nature 393, 749 (1998))
Aim of the tutorial:
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Understanding the effect of the shape of a magnetic object on its magnetisation.
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Reminding yourselfs of Hund´s rules and beeing able to apply them to magnetic ions.
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Comparing theoretical predictions with experimentally measured data.
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Extracting information from scientific publications and understanding plotted data.
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Making a raspberry levitate =).
Tutorial 2:
Exercise sheet 2
Aim of the tutorial:
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Taking a closer look at para- and diamagnetism.
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Comparing different types of paramagnetism and their temperature dependencies.
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Getting an idea for orders of magnitude in magnetism.
Tutorial 3:
Exercise sheet 3
Aim of the tutorial:
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Getting a basic understanding of group theory and learning the necessary definitions.
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Beeing able to read and build a character table.
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Learning to detect if representations are irreducable.
Tutorial 4: (20.06.23)
Exercise sheet 4
Aim of the tutorial:
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Applying the learned knowledge on group theory.
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Understanding the connection between orbitals and irreduciable representations.
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Looking at the Jahn-Teller effect and the consequences to symmetries.
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Getting a deeper understanding of character tables.
Tutorial 5: (03.07.23)
Exercise sheet 5
Aim of the tutorial:
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Revising ferromagnets and magnons.
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Calculating the spin-flop behaviour of a classic uniaxial antiferromagnet.
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Reading and understanding a scientific publication.
Tutorial 6: (12.07.23)
Publication to be discussed:
Tsuyoshi Yamaminami, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Volume 517, 2021, 167401
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167401
Aim of the tutorial:
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Reading and understanding a scientific publication.
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Beeing able to discuss the contents, methods, data and results of the publication.
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Getting to know about the dissipative nature of SPM in ac-magnetic fields and a resulting application in cancer treatment.
