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8.512 Theory of Solids II
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Spring 2009
Level:
Graduate
Instructors:
Prof. Patrick Lee
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Graphical representation of the scattering phase shifts in the Kondo problem. (Image by Prof. Patrick Lee.)
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This is the second term of a theoretical treatment of the physics of solids. Topics covered include linear response theory; the physics of disorder; superconductivity; the local moment and itinerant magnetism; the Kondo problem and Fermi liquid theory.