PHYS 861
Solid State Physics I
TR 11:00am-12:15pm
PHS 313
Instructor: Victor Galitski
Description:
The purpose of this course is to provide a framework for graduate
students to understand at an advanced level some of the most important
aspects of modern condensed matter physics. Modern theoretical
methods will be introduced and used throughout the course. They will include
the path integral formalism, the renormalization group, and diagrammatic techniques. Making
use of these methods, we will study interacting fermion and boson systems, Fermi liquid theory,
localization effects in disordered systems, and low-dimensional quantum magnets.
Syllabus:
Syllabus
Homework:
Problem set 1
Problem set 2
Problem set 3
Problem set 4
Problem set 5
Problem set 6 (take-home midterm exam)
Problem set 7
Problem set 8 (take-home final exam)