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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
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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.