Academic Catalog

PHYS755 QUANTUM MATTER AND MANY-BODY THEORY

Course Code: 2300755
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Physics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assist.Prof.Dr AHMET KELEÞ
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Quantum statistics. classical and quantum fields. second quantization. Bose and Fermi Hubbard models. Electron gas and Landau-Fermi liquid theory. Feynman path integral and Functional integral formalism. Phase transitions and spontaneous symmetry breaking. Bose-Einstein condensates. Superconductivity. Magnetism and quantum spin models.