News
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Problem sheet no. 8 is online
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Form of the examination: see below ("Examination")
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Minor update of the script (15.12. a few typos only)
Evaluation
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Lecture
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Tue 10:45 - 12:15, SemRm 1083, Notkestraße 9, Campus Bahrenfeld
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Fri 10:45 - 12:15, SemRm 1083, Notkestraße 9, Campus Bahrenfeld
Exercise class
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Tue 14:00 - 15:30, SemRm 1083, Notkestraße 9, Campus Bahrenfeld
Lecture Material
Examination
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The module can be chosen for the M.Sc. Physics study course (English or German)
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Credit points: 8
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Registration for the exam: STINE
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The module concludes with an oral examination. Duration: 15-20 min.
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The exams take place in room 4090, Notkestraße 9
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You can choose between two examination periods: in the first two weeks of the lecture-free period, and in the last two weeks
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Booking a date within the first or second examination periods is possible online via DFN terminplaner.
Dates for the first period will be made available here soon (beginning of January)
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Dates for the second examination period, end of March 2026, will be announced on this page from 1.3.2026
Tentative overview of topics
- Many-body quantum theory, second quantization
- Variational principle, Wick's theorem, mean-field theory
- Linear-response theory, Green's functions
- Many-body perturbation theory
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The lecture will introduce into the theory of many-body systems in the context of condensed-matter physics and focus on various theoretical techniques that address non-relativistic systems of strongly correlated electrons.
The subject is motivated by challenges that are posed by material science.
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)
- J. W. Negele, H. Orland: Quantum Many-Particle Systems (Addison-Wesley)
