PHY 972

Topics in Condensed Matter Physics
A Multi-Titled Course (MTC)
Fall, Spring Semester
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Prerequisites:
Advanced topics in many-body problems, disordered solids, superfluidity superconductivity magnetism, or macroscopic systems.

PHY 972A

Condensed Matter: Many-Body Problems
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • PHY 831, PHY 852, PHY 871
Advanced topics in many-body problems: interacting fermion systems, boson systems. Electron-phonon interactions.

PHY 972B

Condensed Matter: Disordered Solids
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • PHY 831, PHY 852, PHY 871
Advanced topics in disordered solids: single-defect and many-defect problems, effective medium theories.

PHY 972C

Condensed Matter: Superfluidity and Superconductivity
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • PHY 831, PHY 852, PHY 871
Advanced topics in superfluidity and superconductivity: superfluidity in helium-3 and helium-4, superconductivity in metals.

PHY 972D

Condensed Matter: Magnetism
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • PHY 831, PHY 852, PHY 871
Advanced topics in magnetism: localized and itinerant magnetic systems, ground state properties, excitations, finite temperature properties.

PHY 972E

Condensed Matter: Macroscopic Systems
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • PHY 831, PHY 852, PHY 871
Advanced topics in macroscopic systems: structure, dynamics, and fluctuations.

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