Mon 10:40 - 12:30 & Wed 10:40-11:30 P-421
Girvin, Steven M., and Kun Yang, Modern condensed matter physics, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool".
In-class assignments (ICA) 30%, Midterm (MT) 30%, Final Exam (F) 40% (Total 100).
Letter grades will be given as follows
AA (90), BA (85), BB (80), CB (75), CC(70), DC (65), DD(60), FD(50), FF (0)
Attendance and participation is mandatory for a passing grade independent of exam results.
For term projects, see recommended papers here.
(*) Additional requirements can be posted in case of abuse.
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Non-local transport in mesoscopic systems Lecture notes
Feb 19 Landauer formula, conductance quantization and universal fluctuations
Anderson localization Lecture notes
Feb 26 Boltzmann transport, classical diffusion, semiclassical diffusion In-class assignment #1
Mar 04 Weak and strong localization, Anderson model
Integer quantum Hall effect Lecture notes
Mar 11 Integer Quantum Hall effect, Landau Gauge Hamiltonian In-class assignment #2
Mar 18 Galilean invariance, ExB drift, edge states, percolation In-class assignment #3
Mar 25 Anomalous QHE in graphene In-class assignment #4
Apr 01 Magnetic translation, magnetic Bloch bands In-class assignment #5
Apr 08 National holiday
Apr 15 Midterm (April 15 10:40-12:30)
Berry phase and Topology Lecture notes
Apr 22 Berry Phase, Ahoronov-Bohm effect, spin-1/2 in magnetic field In-class assignment #6
Apr 29 Topology of Bloch bands and anamolous velocity In-class assignment #7
May 06 Chern number, Topological quantization of Hall conductance In-class assignment #8
May 13 SSH model, Edge states, Atiyah-Singer index theorem In-class assignment #9
Topological insulators Lecture notes
May 20 Hofstadler model, pi-flux square lattice, Chern insulators In-class assignment #10
May 27 Time reversal and parity, Haldane model, gapped Dirac points
June 06 Final Exam (9:30-11:30 Take-home)
(**)The content outlined is subject to change depending on our pace in this semester.