Phys 451
Introduction to Many-Body Theory |
| Semester: |
Spring 2001 |
| Instructor: |
Ceyhun Bulutay |
| Office: |
Room 220 |
Phone: 2511 |
| Office Hours: |
Tuesday 14:00-16:00 |
| Course Schedule: |
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Tuesday |
12:40 - 13:30 |
Room SAZ-21 |
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Thursday |
9:40 - 11:30 |
Room SAZ-21 |
| Presentation Hour: |
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Thursday |
13:40 - 14:30 |
Room SAZ-01 |
| Exams & Grading (Tentative): |
2 Midterms (25% each) |
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1st Midterm: |
Mar. 27, 2001 (Tuesday) |
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2nd Midterm: |
Apr. 26, 2001 (Thursday) |
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Final Exam (20%) |
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Final Exam: |
TBA |
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Presentation & Participation (20%) |
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HW (10%) |
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| Make-up Exam Policy: |
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As it is vulnerable to abuse, it has been difficult to identify
a genuine make-up examinee. Make-up exam will be after the final exam,
and will be oral.
The individual is expected to have reached a guru-level comprehension
by then. |
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| Textbook: |
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John C. Inkson, "Many-Body Theory of Solids", (Plenum, NY,
1984); library-reserve. |
| Supplementary: |
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E. K. U. Gross, E. Runge, and O. Heinonen, "Many-Particle
Theory", (Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1991);
library-reserve. |
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Richard D. Mattuck, "A Guide to Feynman Diagrams in the
Many-Body Problem", (Dover, 2nd ed., 1992). |
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G. D. Mahan, "Many-Particle Physics", (Plenum, 2nd ed.,
1990). |
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N. H. March and M. Parrinello, "Collective Efects in Solids
and Liquids", (Adam Hilger, 1982); library-reserve. |
| Bedtime Reading: |
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Richard P. Feynman, "QED, The Strange Theory of Light and
Matter", (Princeton University Press, 1985). First reading assignment;
an easy-to-read popular level book. |
Weekly Calender
| Week |
Subject |
| #1 |
Feb. 6 |
Introduction (
1,
2,
3,
4,
5)
& The Interacting System (Ch.1) |
| #2 |
Feb. 13 |
Green's Functions of the Single-Particle Schroedinger Equation
(Ch.2) |
| #3 |
Feb. 20 |
Quantization of Waves (Ch.3) |
| #4 |
Feb. 27 |
Quantization of Waves (cont'd) |
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Mar. 6 |
Holiday Week |
| #5 |
Mar. 13 |
Representations of Quantum Mechanics (Ch.4) |
| #6 |
Mar. 20 |
Representations of Quantum Mechanics (cont'd) |
| #7 |
Mar. 27 |
Midterm-I & Many-Body Green's
Functions (Ch.6) |
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| #8 |
Apr. 3 |
Many-Body Green's Functions (cont'd) |
| #9 |
Apr. 10 |
Many-Body Green's Functions (cont'd) |
| #10 |
Apr. 17 |
The Self-Energy and Perturbation Series (Ch.7) |
| #11 |
Apr. 24 |
The Self-Energy and Perturbation Series (cont'd) & Biathlon |
| #12 |
May 1 |
Diagrammatic Interpretation of The Green's Function (Ch.8) |
| #13 |
May 8 |
Feynman Diagrams (cont'd) |
| #14 |
May 15 |
Closing Address & Presentations |