PHY 556: Solid State Physics II
PHY 556: Solid State Physics II
Instructor: Marivi Fernandez-Serra, Physics B139, marivi.fernandez-serra@stonybrook.edu
Lecture Time: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00-3:20 pm
Web: https://marivifs-teaching.github.io/PHY556-2025
Office Hours: By Appointment,
Texts:
We will use a combination of books, but our core book will be Martin, Reining and Ceperley (Interacting electrons: Theory and Computational approaches, Cambridge University Press).
Course Objectives:
- Gaining a practical understanding of computational electronic structure methods in condensed matter physics with focus on Many-Body Physics.
- Learning the theoretical background of many-body perturbation theory.
- Introudction to dynamical mean-field theory and Quantum Monte Carlo simulations.
- Gaining a broad overviow in all these methods, adquiring the sufficient basis to enter in the field as a practitioner.
Lecture organization and topics:
Course material will be presented through lectures on the blackboard, and occasionally with slides. Notes will be posted on the class website as well as further readings. Topics will include:
| topic | Ch. |
|---|---|
| Overview of the Many Electron Problem | I |
| Experimental signatures of electron Correlation | II |
| Hamiltonian Models for Interacting Electrons | III |
| Mean Field Approaches | IV |
| Correlation functions | V |
| Many Body wave functions | VI |
| Particles and Quasi particles: Green’s functions | VII |
| Functionals in Many body physics | VIII |
| Many Body Perturbation Theory | IX-X |
| RPA and GW | XI-XIII |
| Bethe Salpeter equation | XIV |
| Dynamical mean-field theory | XVI-XX |
| Stochastic methods | XXII-XXV |
Homework:
There will be little homework required, the course will be very interactive and participation through paper presentations will be required. Participation and project presentation will be worth 100% of the final grade.
Exams:
This will be a participative class with no exams but students will be expected to engage in active discussions.
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