Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem
2 Scattering
3 General Properties of Response Function
4 f-sum Rule Problem set 1 due
5 Kubo Formula 
6 Sensitivity to Boundary Conditions Problem set 2 due
7 Scaling Theory of Localization
8 Mott Variable Range Hopping
9 Transverse Response of Superconductor Problem set 3 due
10 Microscopic Derivation of London Equation
11 Effect of Disorder Problem set 4 due
12 Quasiparticles and Coherence Factors Problem set 5 due
13 Tunnelling and Josephson Effect
14 Local Moment Magnetism
15 Exchange Interaction Problem set 6 due
16 Ferromagnetic and Anti-ferromagnetic Spin Waves
17 Spin Flop Transition and Neutron Scattering Problem set 7 due
18 Band Magnetism and Stoner Theory
19 Mean Field Theory and Spin Density Wave Problem set 8 due
20 Local Moment in Metals and Friedel Sum Rule
21 Anderson Model and Kondo Problem Problem set 9 due
22 Singlet Ground State and Kondo Resonance
23 Fermi Liquid Theory and Electron Spectral Function Problem set 10 due
24 Landau Parameters
25 Fermi Liquid Interpretation of Kondo Ground State