Mon 10:40 - 12:30 & Wed 10:40-11:30 P-422
James F. Annett. Superconductivity, Superfluids, and Condensates (Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics) 2004
Girvin, Steven M., and Kun Yang, Modern condensed matter physics, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Piers Coleman, Introduction to Many-Body Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2015
A. Altland, B.D. Simons, Condensed Matter Field Theory, Cambridge University Press 2023
A. A. Abrikosov, L. P. Gorkov, I. E. Dzyaloshinski, Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics, Dover Publications, 1975.
E.M. Lifshitz, L. P. Pitaevskii, Statistical Physics Part 2, Butterworth-Heinemann 1980
Grading: in-class assignments (ICA) 30%, Midterm (MT) 30%, Final Exam (F) 40% (Total 100).
Letter grades: AA (90), BA (85), BB (80), CB (75), CC(70), DC (65), DD(60), FD(50), FF (0)
Class attendance and participation is mandatory for a passing grade independent of exam results.
For additional 10%, you can conduct a term project, see recommended papers here.
(*) Additional requirements can be posted in case of abuse.
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Bose-Einstein condensates Lecture notes
Sep 29 Introduction and course plan (video) Non-interaction Bose-Einstein condensation (video)
Oct 01 Trapped atomic gases, Gross-Pitaevskii equation (video)
Superfluids Lecture notes
Superconductors Lecture notes
Ginzburg-Landau formalism Lecture notes
Second quantization, coherent state Lecture notes
BCS Theory of superconductivity Lecture notes
Quantum magnets Lecture notes
Fractional Quantum Hall states Lecture notes
Final Exam: Please check METU SIS for details.
Makeup Exam: Information will be emailed to eligible students.
(**)The content outlined is subject to change depending on our pace in this semester.
Steven H. Simon's Quantum Matter Series
Subir Sachev The Quantum Phases of Matter
Eduardo Fradkin's QFT I (see video lectures) and QFT II (and video lectures)