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Condensed Matter Physics Notes

Condensed Matter Physics Notes

Condensed Matter Physics Notes

The goal of this note is to survey various ground states of condensed matter, many particle systems, explore their excitations and concomitant properties. Topics covered includes: Models, hamiltonians and symmetries, Periodic potentials or tight-binding models, Many particles, second quantization and field theoretic formulation, Metals and insulators, Physics of metals: transport theory, Phonons and electron-phonon interactions, Electron-electron interactions, Interaction effects in semiconductors: excitons, Instabilities of fermi liquid, Superconductivity, GL and BCS theories, Magnetism, Charge density wave systems, Mott transition.

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