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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.
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![The Kondo problem.](/courses/8-512-theory-of-solids-ii-spring-2009/a622e46b5602640883aa13f915dc3992_8-512s09.jpg)
Graphical representation of the scattering phase shifts in the Kondo problem. (Image by Prof. Patrick Lee.)