Undergraduate Course: Many-Body Quantum Systems (PHYS10085)
Course Outline
| School | School of Physics and Astronomy |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces, in a non-relativistic framework, the basic field theoretical techniques, leading naturally to the applications in statistical physics that are presented in the level 11 courses Advanced Statistical Physics. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course it is intended that a student will be able to explain and solve problems on:
1. classical harmonic chain
2. quantum chain
3. second quantization
4. Feynman path integrals
5. Perturbation theory
6. Superconductivity |
Assessment Information
| 100% examination |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Luigi Del Debbio
Tel: (0131 6)50 5212
Email: luigi.del.debbio@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Linda Grieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 4114
Email: linda.grieve@ed.ac.uk |
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