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PHY 407: Many body physics

Second quantization. Many-body models and quantum phase transitions: (a) Bose-Hubbard model and superfluid to Mott insulator transition, (b) Ising model in presence of a transverse field. Feynman path integral. Green's function at zero temperature and finite temperature (Matsubara formalism). Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity. Superconductivity & BCS Theory..

References:

• Many-Particle Physics by G. D. Mahan
• Condensed Matter Field Theory by A. Atland and B. Simons

Prerequisites:

• PHY 301, PHY 302, PHY 303, PHY 304, PHY 306

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