Quantum Mechanics II
News
- 2-nd exam: Thu, 15.2.2024, 10:00 - 12:00, Lecture Hall Building 61, Campus Bahrenfeld
- prep for the exam: note problem 31
- see below for more details
Lecture Material
Lecture
- Tue 11:00 - 12:30, Lecture Hall Building 61, Campus Bahrenfeld
- Thu 10:15 - 11:45, Lecture Hall Building 61, Campus Bahrenfeld
Exercise class
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Group A, Robin Quade
Thu 12:15 - 13:45, Notkestraße 9, SemRm 1076, Campus Bahrenfeld -
Group B, David Krüger
Thu 12:15 - 13:45, Notkestraße 9, SemRm 4064, Campus Bahrenfeld -
Group C, Michael Potthoff
Thu 14:15 - 15:45, Notkestraße 9, SemRm 1076, Campus Bahrenfeld
Examination
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The module can be chosen for the M.Sc. Physics study course (English or German)
Credit points: 8 -
Dates and location:
(i) Thu, 15.2.2024, 10:00 - 12:00, Lecture Hall Building 61, Campus Bahrenfeld
(ii) Tue, 26.3.2024, 10:00 - 12:00, Lecture Hall Building 61, Campus Bahrenfeld - Registration: STINE
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Admitted aids:
none, especially no notes, script, sample solutions, no mobile phones
Tentative overview of topics
- Many-body quantum theory, second quantization
- Variational principle, Wick's theorem, mean-field theory
- Perturbation theory, linear-response theory, Green's functions
- Groups, Wigner's theorem, representation theory
- Representations on Fock space, antiunitary representations
- Adiabatic dynamics, Berry phase, topological invariants, topological insulators
- Path integrals for bosons/fermions/spins
- Many-body perturbation theory, Feynman diagrams
Literature
- A. Altland, B. Simons: Condensed Matter Field Theory (Cambridge)
- A. L. Fetter, J. D. Walecka: Quantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems (McGraw-Hill)
- A. A. Abrikosow and L. P. Gorkov and I. E. Dzyaloshinski: Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics (Prentice-Hall)
- K. Sundermeyer: Symmetries in Fundamental Physics
- B. C. Hall: Lie groups, Lie algebras, and Representations
- K.-H. Goldhorn, H.-P. Heinz, M. Kraus: Moderne mathematische Methoden der Physik, Bd. 2, Teil IV
- J. K. Asbóth, L. Oroszlány, A. Pályi: A Short Course on Topological Insulators (Springer)
- M. Nakahara: Geometry, Topology and Physics (IOP)
- J. W. Negele, H. Orland: Quantum Many-Particle Systems (Addison-Wesley)