Ph/APh 223 ab

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Ph/APh 223 ab\

Advanced Condensed-Matter Physics

9 units (3-0-6)  | second, third terms

Prerequisites: Ph 135 or equivalent, or instructor's permission.

Advanced topics in condensed-matter physics, with emphasis on the effects of interactions, symmetry, and topology in many-body systems. Ph/APh 223 a covers second quantization, Hartree-Fock theory of the electron gas, Mott insulators and quantum magnetism, spin liquids, bosonization, and the integer and fractional quantum Hall effect. Ph/APh 223 b continues with superfluidity and superconductivity; topics include the Bose-Hubbard model, Ginzburg-Landau theory, BCS theory, tunneling signatures of superconductivity, Josephson junctions, superconducting qubits, and topological superconductivity.

Instructor: Alicea