The
topics in the pdf include: Conventions, Notation, Reminders, Basic Formalism,
Phonons and Second Quantization, Perturbation Theory: Interacting Phonons,
Feynman Diagrams and Green Functions, Imaginary-Time Formalism Measurements and
Correlation Functions, Functional Integrals, Goldstone Modes and Spontaneous
Symmetry Breaking, Spin Systems and Magnons, Symmetries in Many-Body Theory,
Critical Fluctuations and Phase Transitions, The Renormalization Group and
Effective Field Theories, Fermions, Interacting Neutral Fermions: Fermi Liquid
Theory, Electrons and Coulomb Interactions, Electron-Phonon Interaction,
Rudiments of Conformal Field Theory, Symmetry-Breaking In Fermion Systems, Gauge
Fields and Fractionalization, Localized and Extended Excitations in Dirty
Systems.
The contents in this pdf include
: Basic concepts, Lattice Vibrations: Phonons, Electrons in a Lattice, Normal
Metals, Classical Transport in Electron and Phonon Systems.
The
topics in the pdf include: Conventions, Notation, Reminders, Basic Formalism,
Phonons and Second Quantization, Perturbation Theory: Interacting Phonons,
Feynman Diagrams and Green Functions, Imaginary-Time Formalism Measurements and
Correlation Functions, Functional Integrals, Goldstone Modes and Spontaneous
Symmetry Breaking, Spin Systems and Magnons, Symmetries in Many-Body Theory,
Critical Fluctuations and Phase Transitions, The Renormalization Group and
Effective Field Theories, Fermions, Interacting Neutral Fermions: Fermi Liquid
Theory, Electrons and Coulomb Interactions, Electron-Phonon Interaction,
Rudiments of Conformal Field Theory, Symmetry-Breaking In Fermion Systems, Gauge
Fields and Fractionalization, Localized and Extended Excitations in Dirty
Systems.
This note covers the following
topics: introduction to soft materials, Surfactants,The van der Waals potential,
Forces arising from fluctuations, Introduction to polymers, freely-jointed-chain
calculation, worm-like chain model, The Langevin equation, Diffusion equation,
The Dynamic light scattering (DLS), Liquid interfaces, The shape of a liquid
interface and capillary forces, Lipid membranes, The Flory Huggins theory,
Colloidal gels and the fractal dimension, Hydrodynamics.
These lecture notes
are intended to supplement a graduate level course in condensed matter physics.
Topics covered includes: Boltzmann Transport, Mesoscopia, Linear Response
Theory, Response and Resonance, Magnetism.
The aim of this note is to provide a self
contained introduction to the basic tools and concepts of many-body quantum
mechanics and quantum field theory, motivated by physical applications, and
including the methods of second quantisation, the Feynman path integral and
functional field integral.
This note covers the following topics: Emergent Matter, Many-Body
Physics in the Cold War, Renormalization group, Fractional Quantum Hall Effect,
Condensed Matter Physics in the New Era.