Theory of Solids II

The Kondo problem.

Graphical representation of the scattering phase shifts in the Kondo problem. (Image by Prof. Patrick Lee.)

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MIT Course Number

8.512

As Taught In

Spring 2009

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

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.


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