Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : PH6113 : Advanced Condensed Matter Physics { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Sanjoy Datta
Syllabus
Second quantization, Fermi liquid, electron-electron interaction, electron-hole interaction in semiconductors, elementary excitation, electron-phonon interaction, polarons Density functional theory and advanced band structure calculations, approximation in exchange potentials, molecular dynamics Cooperative phenomena, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, Ising model, superconductivity, BCS and Ginzburg-Landau theories, Bose-Einstein condensation, Dynamical mean field theory.
Course Objectives
- To introduce the second quantization notation and the physical phenomena that arises due to interaction among particles (fermions/bosons) in a quantum condensed matter system.
Course Outcomes
1. Students will learn how to write the Hamiltonian of a interacting fermionic/bosonic system. <br />2. They will learn the mathematical tools to handle these interacting systems. <br />3. They will learn about a wide range of physical phenomena, which could not be explained within the framework of free fermions/bosons.
Essential Reading
- Philip Phillips, Advanced Solid State Physics, Arihant
- J. Sólyom, Fundamentals of the Physics of Solids: Volume 3, Springer
Supplementary Reading
- J. Sólyom, Fundamentals of the Physics of Solids: Volume 2, SpringerJames F. Annett
- James F. Annett, Superconductivity, Superfluids and Condensates, OUP Oxford