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Study programme |
Master
Studies in Physics |
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Chosen research area (module) |
Theoretical
and Experimental Physics |
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Nature and level of studies |
Graduate
Academic Studies |
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Name of the course |
Quantum
Many-Body Theory |
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Professor (lectures) |
Mihajlo
Vanevic |
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Professor/associate (examples/practical) |
Mihajlo
Vanevic |
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Professor/associate (additional) |
Mihajlo
Vanevic |
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ECTS |
10 |
Status
(required/elective) |
optional |
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Access requirements |
Condensed
Matter Physics B / Theory of Condensed Matter |
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Aims of the course |
Introduction
to Feynman diagrams in solid state physics. |
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Learning outcomes |
Qualifying
for the scientific research. |
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Contents of the course |
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Lectures |
Introduction
to quantum many-body theory. Quantum field theory at T=0: interaction
picture, Green's functions, Feynman diagrams. Dyson equations. Matsubara
diagrammatic techniques at finite temperatures. Hartree-Fock approximation
and RPA in diagrammatic technique. Fermi liquids in normal and
superconducting phases, plasma oscillations, electron-phonon interaction in
metals (Migdal theorem) |
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Examples/ practical classes |
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Recommended books |
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1 |
A.
Abrikosov, L. Gorkov, and I. Dzyaloshinski, Methods of Quantum Field Theory
in Statistical Physics (Dover Publ. 1975) |
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E. M.
Lifshitz & L. P. Pitaevskii, Statistical Physics, Part 2: Vol. 9
(Butterworth-Heinemann, 1980). |
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3 |
R. D.
Mattuck, A Guide to Feynman Diagrams in the Many-Body Problem (Dover Publ.
1992.) |
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Number of classes (weekly) |
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Lectures |
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Student
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Additional |
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1 |
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Teaching and learning methods |
Lectures
and tutorials, problem solving, seminar. |
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Assessment (maximal 100) |
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assesed coursework |
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examination |
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coursework |
10 |
written
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40 |
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practicals |
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oral
examination |
40 |
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papers |
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presentations |
10 |
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