Short description: This course offers an introduction to quantum many-body physics, in the context of condensed matter systems. Key phenomena and techniques will be introduced, including:
Second Quantization, Functional integrals, Green's functions, Feynman diagrams, RPA, Linear response theory, Electron gas (jellium), Superconducitivity, Anderson impurity model, Hubbard model
Requirements: CMT1
Recommended Textbooks:
Coleman: Introduction to Many Body Physics
Altland-Simons: Condensed Matter Field Theory
Mahan: Many-Particle Physics
Fetter-Walecka: Quantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems
Negele-Orland: Quantum Many-Particle Systems
Sachdev: Quantum Phase Transitions
Wen: Quantum Field Theory of Many-body Systems