8.512 Theory of Solids II, Spring 2004
Author(s)
Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
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Theory of Solids II
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Second term of a theoretical treatment of the physics of solids. Interacting electron gas: many-body formulation, Feynman diagrams, random phase approximation and beyond. General theory of linear response: dielectric function; sum rules; plasmons; optical properties; applications to semiconductors, metals, and insulators. Transport properties: non-interacting electron gas with impurities, diffusons. Quantum Hall effect: integral and fractional. Electron-phonon interaction: general theory, applications to metals, semiconductors and insulators, polarons, and field-theory description. Superconductivity: experimental observations, phenomenological theories, and B.C.S. theory. From the course home page: Course Description This is the second term of a theoretical treatment of the physics of solids. Topics covered include linear response theory; the physics of disorder; superconductivity; the local moment and itinerant magnetism; the Kondo problem and Fermi liquid theory.
Date issued
2004-06Other identifiers
8.512-Spring2004
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Keywords
Linear response theory, Fluctuation dissipation theorem, Scattering experiment, f-sum rule, Physics of disorder, Kubo formula for conductivity, Conductance and sensitivity to boundary conditions, Scaling theory of localization, Mott variable range hopping, Superconductor, Transverse response, Landau diamagnetism, Microscopic derivation of London equation, Effect of disorder, Quasiparticles and coherence factors, Tunneling and Josephson effect, Magnetism, Local moment magnetism, exchange interaction, Ferro- and anti-ferro magnet and spin wave theory, Band magnetism, Stoner theory, spin density wave, Local moment in metals, Friedel sum rule, Friedel-Anderson model, Kondo problem, Fermi liquid theory, Electron Green’s function