Directed Reading Project
I am one of the organizers of the University of Toronto Physics directed reading project program, wherein undergraduate students are paired with graduate student mentors who will guide them through a series of readings and problems to learn advanced material beyond the typical undergraduate curriculum. Below are the materials I am preparing for my group of students this year (2023-2024). They will be continually updated throughout the year.
(Aug. 28 - Sept. 4) Readings and Problems 1: Magnetic materials
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ozqYRiFOYEMe3vwa3fY_KLQzvJujZfPL/view?usp=share_link
(Sept. 4 - Sept. 11) Readings and Problems 2: Diamagnetic levitation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/154iUFHwnt8PHyUdfYA00fneWc0HKa9KG/view?usp=sharing
(Sept. 11 - Sept. 18) Readings and Problems 3: Landau theory and variational calculus
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FI12np4-YdvXsJrNa5DERX50xmQvb1L1/view?usp=sharing
(Sept. 18 - Sept. 25) Readings and Problems 4: Ginzburg-Landau theory
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GHT1ykvsdQyBE9-1qJafZiOORgPA8aU4/view?usp=sharing
(Sept. 25 - Oct. 2) : (everyone was sick - no meeting)
(Oct. 2 - Oct. 9) Readings and Problems 5: Lattices and the free fermi gas
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X4NroThp9972sbCT1PzJQwN5KE9Z88-3/view?usp=sharing
(Oct. 9 - Oct. 16) Readings and Problems 6: Bloch's theorem
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fdlBY7rQDuAAXMsTHjueQtXzHjgLDLJg/view?usp=share_link
(Oct. 16 - Oct. 23) Readings and Problems 7: Tight-binding model
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HYewmZjSIS7XslDfweErjUCGe1mYok4X/view?usp=share_link
(Oct. 23 - Oct. 30) Readings and Problems 8: Bound states and the Cooper pair
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14cMfXWhccdJALL2zkqF3v4vLGwEFibeC/view?usp=sharing
(Oct. 30 - Nov. 6) Readings and Problems 9: Second quantization
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pcJGWeUpoda-3e8535NhyV1ybdrfjZE7/view?usp=sharing
(Nov. 6 - Nov. 13) Readings and Problems 10: Hubbard model
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zb_31vB_wHhklEA4Ne5D9xNLuQf_iroK/view?usp=sharing
(Nov. 13 - Nov. 20) Readings and Problems 11: Feynman path integral for a single particle
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jARH4WfnCXuGygMaqnOq1VLWIT7LKWLl/view?usp=sharing
(Nov. 20 - Nov. 27) (meeting cancelled)
( Nov. 27 - Dec. 4) Readings and Problems 12: Gaussian integrals and the propagator
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hzdb8AUgn8TGhEsuZY3JRQlI5-SUIAwY/view?usp=sharing
(Dec 18 - Jan 8) Readings and Problems 13: Grassmann numbers and coherent states
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DXCZB2FPHyTyXebiwted2zc6HlskHkWp/view?usp=sharing
(Jan. 8 - Jan. 15) Readings and Problems 14: Matsubara Green function and Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j0VxB54lc4eS1r448Ofj2krGHC5dKJs0/view?usp=sharing
(Jan. 15 - Jan. 22) (meeting cancelled)
(Jan. 22 - Jan. 29) Readings and Problems 15: Wick's theorem + cumulant expansion
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SgF_9dZx8FQX24U7Dbi2jeMC4REpT9gI/view?usp=sharing
(Jan. 29 - Feb. 5) (meeting cancelled)
(Feb. 5 - Feb. 12) Readings and Problems 16: Effective action and cumulant expansion
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ypdv2efo1N2gr_mZPQYdRj7ZWhuR8kYx/view?usp=sharing
(Feb. 12 - Feb. 19) Readings and Problems 17: Gap Equation and BCS ratio
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NTXUefTjZSd-kkM-acHOd9CCPY6urbLh/view?usp=sharing
(Feb. 19 - Feb. 26) Readings and Problems 18: Relation between Landau theory and BCS theory
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DLYQTra7tfkdnZaWICKVsZdLwPywZQmL/view?usp=share_link
(Feb. 26 - Mar. 4) (meeting cancelled)
(Mar. 4 - Mar. 11) Special topics week 1:
High Tc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17HFlB20zQr3ymPQid7BbFK177Fj1_bSc/view?usp=sharing
Topological: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wONAvs6z2nlBYegepx6JYuX1cVy24y5q/view?usp=sharing
(Mar. 11 - Mar. 18) Special topics week 2:
High Tc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JN1dnirqrx0I8MtqmbdHtGFy-yaOJI5Q/view?usp=sharing
Topological: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sX_wKv0fNLl1kRXYwsydn6UzQVMzzuJL/view?usp=sharing
(Mar. 25 - Apr. 1) Practice the presentations!