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Concepts of condensed matter physics Spring 2021

  • All lectures are at the Drori auditorium on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:15 to 11:00AM. We will broadcast them on this zoom link) https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/97287137406 (they will not be recorded, relevant links for records from 2020 are given below)

  1. Literature and general reading material
  1. Lecture notes
  2. Recorded lectures  :
    1. Introduction (April 22 2020, April 6 2021: talk)
    2. Electrons in a periodic lattice 1 (April 13 2021, May 5 2020: talk)
      • (Basic concepts, Bloch theorem, Tight bonding, 1D chain, Discrete symmetries)
    3. Electrons in a periodic lattice 2 (April 20, 2021, May 6 2020: talk, notes)
    4. Quantum Hall Effect 1 (April 27 2021, May 12 2020: talk)
      • (Drude model, Classical Hall Effect, Quantum Hall Effect, Quantum conductance in 1D, Fractional Charges, Kubo Formula for conductivity, Chern numbers )
    5. Quantum Hall Effect 2  (May 4 2021, May 13 2020: talk, notes)
    6. Symmetry and Topology 1 (May 11 2021, May 19 2020: talk)
      • (Berry phase, Dirac Strings, Discrete Symmetries, Haldane Model, Topological insulator)
    7. Symmetry and Topology 2 (May 20 2020: talk, notes)
    8. Tutorial: Hubbard model (May 19 2021,June 2 2020: talk)
    9. Tutorial: Path integral and Hubbard-Stratonovich (May 20 2021, June 9 2020: notes-Ch.6 talk)
    10. Spin Models 1 (May 25 2021, May 26 2020: talk)
      •  (First and Second quantization of ineteracting particles in bands, Three Channels: Direct, Exchange and Pairing, Hisenberg Model and its Mean Field Solution)
    11. Spin Models 2 (May 26 2021, May 27 2020: talk)
    12. Spin Models 3 (June 1 2021, June 3 2020: talk)
    13. Superfluid 1 (June 2 2021, June 16 2020: talk)
      • (Global Gauge Symmetry, The Bose-Einstein Condensation, Weakly Interacting Bose Gas, Superfluidity, Landau's Argument, Quntized Circulation, Irrotational flow, Vortices)
    14. Superfluid 2 (June 8 2021, June 17 2020 talk)
    15. Tutorial (Mermin-Wagner, Chern number) (Jun 9 2021, June 10 2020: notes,  talk)
    16. Superconductivity 
      • (Cooper pairs, BCS theory, Ginsburg -Landau Theory of Superconductors, Local gauge symmetry and the Anderson-Higgs Mechanism, Phenomenology: London Equation, Vortices, Coherence length and Penetration depth, Type I and II superconductors.)
    17. Superconductivity 2 (June15 2021, June 24 2020: talk)
    18. Superconductivity 3 [Phenomenology](June 16 2021, June 30 2020: talk)
    19. The 2D XY Model: The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition(June 22 2021, July 7 2020: notes talk)
      • (Vortices in the XY model, Kosterlitz-Thouless Argument, Describing vortices as a Coulomb gas, RG Approach, The order of the KTB phase transition, Coulomb gas and the Sine-Gordon mapping (Momentum RG))
    20. 2D XY Model 2 (June 23 2021, July 8 2020: talk)
    21. 2D XY Model 3 (June 23 2021, July 14 2020: talk)
    22. 2D XY Model 4 (June 29 22021, July 15 2020: talk)
    23. 2D XY Model 5 (June 30 2021. July 21 2020: talk)
    24. Superconductivity 1 (Turorial BCS theory)(July 6 2021, June 23 2020: notes talk)
    25. Superconductivity 4 (Turotial: RG for the Cooper channel)(July 6 2021, July 1 2020: talk)
    26. Superconductivity 4.5 (Turotial Continue)(July 7 2021, July 7 2020: talk)
  3. Exercises
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