Announcement of Physics 8820 on Quantum Many-Body Theory in Spring 2017

[Gardner, Joanna D.]

Sent on behalf of Jason Ho:

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Dear all, 

I shall be teaching a special topics course (Physics 8820) on Quantum Many-Body Theory in Spring 2017. 

The current course listing says the course is about cold atom physics. That was the topics last year and will be corrected. 

The following is the course announcement. 

Sincerely, 
Jason Ho

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Special Topics Course   Physics 8820

Course Title : Quantum Many Body Theory 

Lecturer : Tin-Lun Ho

Text Book: Introduction to Many-Body Physics by Piers Coleman

This course is an introduction to basic techniques of quantum many-body theory. It will follow closely to the textbook of Coleman, covering major techniques such as 

* zero temperature and finite temperature diagrammatic method, 
* fluctuation dissipation theorem and linear response theory, 
* path integral method. 

These techniques will be applied to study the following important classes of condensed matter  phenomena

* Landau Fermi liquid theory
* Electron transport
* Phase transition and broken symmetry 
* Itinerant magentism
* Superconductivity and BCS theory
* Kondo Effect
* Heavy fermions 
* Mixed valance system and Anderson model

Apart from the book of Coleman, we shall also make use of the following reference sometimes. 

Condensed Matter Field Theory by Alexander Altland and Ben Simons, second edition

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