Advanced Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - physics638
| Course | Advanced Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
|---|---|
| Course No. | physics638 |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Lecture with exercises | English | 3+2 | 7 | ST |
Preparation: physics617 (Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics)
Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the examination (written): successful work with the exercises
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: Survey of methods of theoretical condensed matter physics and their application to prominent examples in regard to current research
Contents of the Course:
Bosonic systems:
Bose-Einstein condensation
Photonics
Quantum dynamics of many-electrons systems:
Feynman diagram technique for many-particle systems at finite temperature
Quantum magnetism, Kondo effect, Renormalization group techniques
Disordered systems: Electrons in a random potential
Superconductivity
Recommended Literature:
A. A. Abrikosov, L.P. Gorkov; Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics (Dover, New York 1977)
W. Nolting; Grundkurs Theoretische Physik Band 7: Vielteilchentheorie (Springer, Heidelberg 2002)
A. C. Hewson, The Kondo Problem to Heavy Fermions (Cambridge University Press, 1997)
C. Itzykson, J.-M. Drouffe; Statistical Field Theory (Cambridge University Press 1991)
J. R. Schrieffer; Theory of Superconductivity (Benjamin/Cummings, Reading/Mass, 1983)