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Theory of Solids II

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Instructor: Prof. Patrick Lee
Term: Spring 2009
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 22 problem sets · 1 lecture note · 20 other files · 2 web pages
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Lecture 22: The Kondo Problem: Singlet Ground State and Kondo ResonancePDF Download

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Theory of Solids II

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Lecture 1: Fluctuation dissipation theorem ( PDF )

Lecture 2: Scattering ( PDF )

Lecture 3: General properties of response function ( PDF )

Lecture 4: f-sum rule ( PDF )

Lecture 5: Kubo formula ( PDF )

Lecture 6: Sensitivity to boundary conditions ( PDF )

Lecture 7: Scaling theory of localization ( PDF )

Lecture 8: Mott variable range hopping ( PDF )

Lecture 9: Transverse response of superconductor ( PDF )

Lecture 10: Microscopic derivation of London equation ( PDF )

Lecture 11: Effect of disorder ( PDF )

Lecture 12: Quasiparticles and coherence factors ( PDF )

Lecture 13: Tunnelling and Josephson effect ( PDF )

Lecture 14: Local moment magnetism ( PDF )

Lecture 15: Exchange interaction ( PDF )

Lecture 16: Ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic spin waves ( PDF )

Lecture 17: Spin flop transition and neutron scattering ( PDF )

Lecture 18: Band magnetism and stoner theory ( PDF )

Lecture 19: Mean field theory and spin density wave ( PDF )

Lecture 20: Local moment in metals and Friedel sum rule ( PDF )

Lecture 21: Anderson model and Kondo problem ( PDF )

Lecture 22: Singlet ground state and Kondo resonance ( PDF )

Lecture 23: Fermi liquid theory and electron spectral function ( PDF )

Lecture 24: Landau parameters ( PDF )

Lecture 25: Fermi liquid interpretation of Kondo ground state ( PDF )