Teaching

Course information [pdf]
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A cumulative set of problems for homework [pdf]
Course material

0. Orientation

11/08: Discussion

14/08: Lecture [video, pdf]

18/08: Ch. 1 in Ref. 1, Lecture [video, pdf]

21/08: Ch. 1 in Ref. 1, Lecture [video, pdf]

25/08: Ch. 1 in Ref. 1, Lecture [video, pdf]

28/08: Ch. 2 in Ref. 1, Lecture [video, pdf], HF Integrals [pdf]

01/09: Ch. 2, Ch. 4: 4.1-4.3, Lecture [video, pdf]

04/09: Ch. 2 in Ref. 1, Lecture [video, pdf]

08/09: Ch. 17 in Ref. 2: pgs. 337-344, Lecture[video, pdf]

11/09: Ch. 17 in Ref. 2: pgs. 337-344, Ch. 14 in Ref. 1: 14.5, 14.5.1, Lecture [video, pdf]

15/09: General discussion

18/09: Ch. 1 in Ref. 3, Lecture [video, pdf]

22/09: Quiz 1

25/09: Sec. 1.2, 2.1, and 4.1 in Ref. 3, Lecture [video, pdf]

29/09: Sec. 7.7.3, 14.2 in Ref. 4, Lecture [video, pdf]

13/10: Ch. 3 in Ref. 3 (primary)+Ch. 14 in Ref. 4 (secondary), Lecture [video, pdf]

16/10: Ch. 3 in Ref. 3, Lecture [video, pdf]

23/10: Ch. 3 in Ref. 3, Lecture [video, pdf]

27/10: Ch. 3 in Ref. 3, Lecture [video, pdf]

03/11: Sec. 4.5.2 in Ref. 1, Ch. 31 in Ref. 2 (extra reading), Lecture [video, pdf]

06/11: Ch. 6 in Ref. 5: 6.1.1, 6.2.1, Lecture [video, pdf]

10/11: Ch. 6 in Ref. 5, 6.1.2, Lecture [video, pdf]

13/11: Quiz 2

17/11: Ch. 6 in Ref. 5, 6.2.2, Lecture [video, pdf]

References

[1] Many Body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics: An Introduction, H. Bruus and K. Flensberg, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2004).

[2] Solid State Physics, N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin, Thomson Brooks/Cole, Singapore (2003) (International Student Edition).

[3] Introduction to Superconductivity, M. Tinkham, Dover Publications, second edition, New York (2004).

[4] Introduction to Many-Body Physics, P. Coleman, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2015).

[5] Lecture Notes on Electron Correlation and Magnetism, P. Fazekas, World Scientific, Singapore (1999).