Spring 2019 - PHYS 862 G100
Solid State Physics II (3)
Class Number: 7892
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Igor Herbut
iherbut@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5768
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Prerequisites:
PHYS 861.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Special topics in solid state physics such as superconductivity, magnetism, optical properties of solids, electron correlations. Course offered regularly.
COURSE DETAILS:
This is a course in modern condensed matter theory. The main theme will be the Fermi liquid and its instabilities: superconductivity and magnetism. We will also cover some physics of Luttinger and Dirac liquids, time permitting.
Outline:
Grassmann variables and coherent state path integral
Fermi liquids and their quasiparticles
Plasmons and other collective excitations
Superconductivity and the BCS theory
Ginzburg-Landau description
Anderson-Higgs mechanism
Magnetic instabilities and quantum phase transitions
Graphene, Weyl, and other semimetals
Grading
- Homework assignments 100%
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Textbook: There is no single text-book appropriate. We will use different books and maybe some research papers as we go along.The list of useful references includes: 1) J. Negele and H. Orland, Quantum many-particle systems, 2) R. Shankar, Review of Modern Physics, vol. 66, 129 (1994)
Graduate Studies Notes:
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Registrar Notes:
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