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<blockquote><tt>Our experience shows us, then, that as matter cools down it usually no longer retains the full symmetry of the basic laws of quantum mechanics which it undoubtedly obeys; our task here is to understand that the questions we must ask are "Why", "In what sense", and "What are the consequences?"</tt>P.W. Anderson (Basic Notions of Condensed Matter Physics)</blockquote> | <pre><blockquote><tt>Our experience shows us, then, that as matter cools down it usually no longer retains the full symmetry of the basic laws of quantum mechanics which it undoubtedly obeys; our task here is to understand that the questions we must ask are "Why", "In what sense", and "What are the consequences?"</tt>P.W. Anderson (Basic Notions of Condensed Matter Physics)</blockquote></pre> | ||
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Revision as of 21:38, 18 August 2010
Welcome to the Quantum Many Body Physics PHY5670 Fall2010
PHY5670 is a one semester graduate level course. Its aim is to introduce basic concepts, and logical framework, of this vast and developing discipline: broken symmetry and adiabatic continuity. Theoretical techniques, such as coherent state path integrals and diagrammatic perturbation expansions, will be used to emphasize these deeper underlying concepts, as well as to provide practical means of calculations. Few illustrative physical systems and quantum many-body models will also be studied.
The key component of the course is the collaborative student contribution to the course Wiki-textbook. Each team of students is responsible for BOTH writing the assigned chapter AND editing chapters of others.
Team assignments: Fall 2010 student teams
Outline of the course:
Conceptual basis of many body physics
Broken symmetry
<blockquote><tt>Our experience shows us, then, that as matter cools down it usually no longer retains the full symmetry of the basic laws of quantum mechanics which it undoubtedly obeys; our task here is to understand that the questions we must ask are "Why", "In what sense", and "What are the consequences?"</tt>P.W. Anderson (Basic Notions of Condensed Matter Physics)</blockquote>