Soft Condensed Matter

Condensed Matter I. Phys 631

The contents in this pdf include : Basic concepts, Lattice Vibrations: Phonons, Electrons in a Lattice, Normal Metals, Classical Transport in Electron and Phonon Systems.

Author(s): Artem G. Abanov

191 Pages

Lecture notes for the Condensed Matter Physics course

Topics covered in this lecture note are : Many electron systems, Second quantization, Interactions in the electron gas, Mean field approaches. Hartree-Fock approximation, Lattice based descriptions, Artificial quantum systems, Low dimensional systems: From the real to the Hilbert space.

Author(s): Rafael Sanchez Rodrigo

85 Pages

Soft Condensed Matter

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.

Author(s): IA.D. Dinsmore

NA Pages

Lecture Notes on Condensed Matter Physics

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.

Author(s): Daniel Arovas

186 Pages

Lecture Notes Condensed Matter Theory I

This note explains the following topics: Quantum Theory Of Solids, Quantum Statistic Of Idea Gases, Second Quantization, Periodic Structures And Bloch Theorem, Electron-electron Interactions, Dynamics Of Bloch Electrons.

Author(s): J. Schmalian

70 Pages

Strongly Correlated Systems in Condensed Matter Physics

Covered topics are: Coherent States, squeezed States, Second Quantization, Bose Condensation, Superfluidity, Vortices, Finite Temperature Effects.

Author(s): Prof. Leonid Levitov

NA Pages