Course Number: Phys 6110
Course Name: Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter
Credits: 3 Cr
Instructor: Srimoyee Sen srimoyee@iastate.edu
PreReq: Graduate standing or Instructor permission
Course Description
One semester course on the Quantum theory of interacting many body systems. Typically offered in the Spring semester.
Topics covered include:
- Zero temperature field theory
- Fermi systems, finite temperature field theory
- Superconductivity and Superfluidity
- Gauge theories and topological phases of matter
- Lattice gauge theory
- Quantum hall effect
- Topological field theories