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Class Times: Wednesday 15:15-16:45,
R114, ITP, Brüderstraße 16 (Lecture)
  Friday 11:00-12:30,
R114, ITP, Brüderstraße 16 (Lecture)
  Friday 13:30-15:00,
R211, ITP, Brüderstraße 16 (Tutorial)
Recommended Reading: A. Altland and B. Simons, "Condensed Matter Field Theory", Cambridge University Press, 2010;
  X.-G. Wen, "Quantum Field Theory of Many-Body Systems", Oxford University Press, 2007;
Contents of the lecture:
  • Formalism of second quantization
  • Feynman path integral
  • Coherent states - bosons
  • Fermionic coherent states
  • Field integral for the quantum partition function
  • Evaluation of Matsubara sums
  • Analytic structure of correlation functions
  • Theory of linear response
  • Fluctuation-dissipation theorem
  • Collective quantum fields
  • Calculation of density-density correlation functions
  • Superconductivity
  • Quantum Hall Effect
  • Dissipative quantum tunneling
  • Renormalization group - analysis of dissipative action
Workload: 10LP = 300 hours
For: B.Sc. IPSP, M.Sc. IPSP, M.Sc. Mathematical Physics, M.Sc. Physik
Course type: Compulsory elective (12-PHY-MWPSTP1)

Problem Sets and Lecture Notes

You can ask questions concerning the problem sets and tutorials to Matthias Thamm (thamm_at_itp.uni-leipzig.de, R. 315a). If you plan to visit the office please make an appointment in advance.


Problem sets
Problem Set 1
Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
Problem Set 4
Lecture notes
Lecture transcript