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PHYS664 — Spring 2012

PHYS664: Quantum Theory Of Many-Body Systems (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)

Offering:
Fall, Spring Credits 3


Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: PHYS 617, 660, 661; PHYS 645 and 646 are recommended. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.
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Description:
Practical introduction to modern quantum field theory techniques as applied to the study of many-body phenomena occurring in solid state systems. Standard perturbative-theoretic results based on zero- and finite-temperature Green's functions, with application to specific physical situations. Introduction to nonperturbative methods.


Instructor(s):
Lyanda-Geller, Yuli


Email:
yuli@purdue.edu


Textbook(s) for Spring 2012

Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher Req/Opt Notes
REQUIRED: Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics A.A. Abrikosov, L.P. Gorkov & I.E. Dzyaloshinski 1st; (1963) (ASIN) B0000CM3PA Prentice Hall Optional
REQUIRED: Physical Kinetics E.M. Lifshitz & L.P. Pitaevskii January 15, 1981 0750626356 Butterworth & Heinemann Optional
REQUIRED: Statistical Physics (Part 2) L. P. Pitaevskii & E.M. Lifshitz January 15, 1980 00800230725 Butterworth & Heinemann Optional
RECOMMENDED: Many-particles Physics Gerald D. Mahan 3rd 978-0306-463389 Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Optional
RECOMMENDED: Green's Functions for Solid State Physicists S. Doniach, E.H. Sondheimer 1998 978-1867940804 London: Imperial College Press; Distributed by World Scientific Optional
RECOMMENDED: Theory of Quantum Liquids David Pines & Philippe Nozieres May 1989 9780201407747 Westview Optional
RECOMMENDED: Interacting Electrons and Quantum Magnetism Assa Auerbach September 11, 1998 0387942866 Springer Optional
RECOMMENDED: Quantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems Alexander L. Fetter & John Walecka June 20, 2003 0486428273 Dover Publications Optional
RECOMMENDED: Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid Gabriele Giuliani & Giovanni Vignale March 31, 2005 0521821126 Cambridge University Press Optional

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