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Quantum Condensed = Matter Field=20 Theory


LECTURES=20 = &= nbsp; =20 Lec 1:=20 Introduction=20 Lec 2:=20 From particles to fields=20 Lec 3:=20 Quantising the classical field=20 Lec 4:=20 Second quantisation=20 Lec 5:=20 Representation of operators=20 Lec 6:=20 Tight-binding and the Mott Transition=20 Lec 7:=20 Quantum magnetism and the Ferromagnetic chain=20 Lec 8:=20 Quantum Antiferromagnetism=20 Lec 9:=20 Bogoliubov theory of weakly interacting Bose gas=20 Lec 10:=20 Fyenman path integral=20 Lec 11:=20 Statistical mechanics and semi-Classics=20 Lec 12:=20 Applications of the feynman path integral=20 Lec 13:=20 Double well potential: tunneling and instantons=20 Lec 14:=20 Coherent states=20 Lec 15:=20 Many-body (coherent state) path integral=20 Lec 16:=20 Applications and connections=20 Lec 17:=20 Weakly interacting electron gas: Plasma theory=20 Lec 18:=20 Random phase approximation=20 Lec 19:=20 Bose-Einstein condensation=20 Lec 20:=20 Superfluidity=20 Lec 21:=20 Cooper instability=20 Lec 22:=20 BCS Superconductivity=20 Lec 23:=20 Field theory of superconductivity=20 Lec 24:=20 Superconductivity and gauge invariance	LECTURE = NOTES &nb= sp; &nbs= p; =20 Preface=20 Chapter = 1: Collective Excitations: From Particles to Fields=20 Chapter=20 2: Second Quantisation=20 Chapter 3:=20 Feynman Path Integral=20 Chapter 4:=20 Functional Field Integral=20 Chapter = 5:=20 Broken Symmetry and Collective Phenomena PROBLEM SETS =20 Problem = Set=20 I =20 Answers = ;=20 Problem = Set=20 II =20 Answers = ;=20 Problem = Set=20 III =20 Answers = ;=20 Problem = Set=20 IV =20 Answers = ;=20 Problem = Set=20 V =20 Answers = ;=20 Past = Tripos=20 Exam Questions =

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Lecture=20 notes on Solid State Physics and Many-Body Theory by Chetan = Nayak=20 (UCLA)=20
Lecture = notes on Many-Body Theory by Piers Coleman (Rutgers)=20
Lecture=20 notes on Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics by = Alexander Altland (Koln) and myself

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