PHYS 739Quantum Many Body Physics
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Science
- Subject
- Physics
PHYS 739 as listed in the Fall 2024 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
A modern approach to the quantum many-body problem from the perspective of condensed matter physics. Low energy effective theories, continuum field theories, and lattice models. Phases and phase transitions in the path integral formulation of bosons, fermions and quantum spins. Quantum critical points, topological phases, gauge theories, and connections to quantum information.
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